Inhibitory Control and Reward Predict Risky Driving in Young Novice Drivers – A Simulator Study

The purpose of our study is to unravel the cognitive mechanisms that underlie risky driving in young novice drivers. The authors hypothesized that lower capacity for cognitive control and rewards predict risky driving and constitute its cognitive basis. Inhibitory control was measured with the stop signal reaction time (SSRT) task. Measures of risky driving included: standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP), speeding, and red light running. The authors found that: (1) inhibitory control is still developing within the young driver population; (2) lowered inhibitory control had a driving specific effect: young drivers with lower SSRT had a higher SDLP; and (3) a rewarding context predicts risky driving

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Jongen, Ellen M.M.
  • Brijs, Kris
  • Komlos, Marcell
  • Wets, Geert
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 604-612
• Monograph Title: The State of the Art in the European Quantitative Oriented Transportation and Logistics Research. 14th European Working Group on Transportation; 26th Mini Euro Conference, and 1st European Scientific Conference on Air Transport
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 20
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cognition; Crash risk forecasting; Red light running; Risk taking; Speeding; Teenage drivers
• Identifier Terms: Standard Deviation of Lateral Position
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

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• Accession Number: 01365327
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2012 12:16PM