TRAINING FOR ATTENTIONAL CONTROL IN NOVICE CAR DRIVERS: A SIMULATOR STUDY
Novice drivers aged 18 to 25 are overrepresented in road accidents. This is partly due to an underdeveloped ability to control their attention. A driving simulator was used to enhance the attentional control skill of novice drivers, using "variable priority" (VP) training technique, with three groups of novice drivers with varying on road experience participating. Half of the subjects in each group received VP training; the other half served as controls. All performed two tasks concurrently in the simulator, over 20 training trials. After training, VP subjects performed significantly better than controls in a transfer of training drive in the simulator involving three sub-tasks, and this was particularly the case for those with greater driving experience.
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Corporate Authors:
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
P.O. Box 1369
Santa Monica, CA United States 90406-1369 -
Authors:
- REGAN, M A
- Deery, H A
- Triggs, T J
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Conference:
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Proceedings
- Location: Chicago IL
- Date: 1998-10-5 to 1998-10-9
- Publication Date: 1998
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1452-56
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Serial:
- Volume: 2
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attention lapses; Attention value; Driver experience; Driver training; Driving simulators; High risk drivers; Novices; Variables
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00767969
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0945289111
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 16 1999 12:00AM