EFFECTS OF PROLONGED DRIVING AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DRIVER ON HEART-RATE, RESPIRATION-RATE AND A SUBSIDIARY AUDITORY REACTION TIME

A HYPOTHESIZED DIFFERENCE IN VULNERABILITY TO LONG- TERM DRIVING BETWEEN EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS IS UTILIZED TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATION BETWEEN AUTONOMIC MEASURES (HEART-RATE AND RESPIRATION- RATE) AND A BEHAVIORAL MEASURE (REACTION TIME TO A SUBSIDIARY AUDITORY SIGNAL). THE RESULT SHOWED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN TREND OVER TIME BETWEEN THESE TWO GROUPS FOR BOTH TYPES OF MEASURES. THE AUTONOMIC MEASURES POINTED AT EXPERIENCED DRIVERS AS THE MOST VULNERABLE AND REACTION TIME POINTED AT INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS AS THE MOST VULNERABLE. THIS CONTROVERSY IS SOLVED WITH REFERENCE TO STATISTICAL DATA AND VALIDATION OF THE REACTION TIME. THUS, IN THIS STUDY, REACTION TIME IS PREFERRED TO AUTONOMIC DATA. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report 111, 18 PP, 2 FIG, 5 TAB, 16 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Uppsala Univ Psychological Lab /Sweden

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• Authors:
  • Lisper, H O
  • Laurell, H
  • Stening, G
• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Human characteristics; Knowledge; Physiological aspects; Reaction time; Respiratory system
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Experience; Vulnerability
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223703
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM