WHAT IS TRAFFIC PSYCHONOMICS

WAT IS VERKEERSPSYCHONOMIE

In psychonomics, the human being and, in particular, the human intelligence are considered as a system, which can adapt to changing circumstances and is aimed at processing different kinds of information. In comparison with technical information processors, the human intelligence can process a wide variety of data, only in a slow and rather inaccurate way, because all information is reduced into suitable size. Besides information intake information adaption takes place: the execution of difficult operations such as thinking, problem solving and decision taking these operations are made on the basis of input of information and memory. In such a way the human intelligence is a computer. With this background, it is easy to understand what influence the theory of psychonomics can have on the understanding of the human factor in traffic and transport. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Van DER COLK, H
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 114-116
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Decision making; Drivers; Highway planning; Human factors; Information management; Information processing; Information, data, and knowledge; Perception; Psychology; Reaction time; Safety; Theory; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Driver psychology; Traffic planning
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8655: Data processing; 2248: Decision process; 2257: Human factor; 8555: Information documentation; 2255: Psychology; 1665: Safety; 9078: Theory; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450090
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:55PM