The Effect of Navigation Display Clutter on Performance and Attention Allocation in Presentation- and Simulator-Based Driving Experiments

Display clutter can have differential effects based on environmental factors, such as workload, stress, and experiment paradigm. The objectives of the current study were to assess the effects of display clutter on driver performance and attention allocation and compare results across two experimental paradigms. Forty-two participants searched high- and low-clutter in-car navigation displays for routine information either during a static, presentation-based experiment or in a dynamic, driving simulator experiment. Results revealed display clutter to significantly alter attention allocation and degrade performance in the presentation experiment, but had little to no effect on driver performance or attention allocation in the driving simulator experiment. Results suggest that display clutter may have its greatest effect on performance and attention allocation in domains requiring extended attention to the cluttered display compared to tasks in which the cluttered display acts as a support tool for secondary tasks.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.01.008
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687018300164
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00036870
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Pankok Jr, Carl
  • Kaber, David
• Publication Date: 2018-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 136-145
• Serial:
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • Volume: 69
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0003-6870
  • EISSN: 1872-9126
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention; Automobile navigation systems; Distraction; Driver information systems; Driver performance; Driving simulators; Information display systems; Visual presentations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Visual clutter
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01667238
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 2018 11:15AM