AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATION : INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT ON DRIVERS' MENTAL WORKLOAD

This paper examines the impact of automation on drivers. Focus is on the effects of automation on mental workload. The authors describe research which studies attentional demand and workload. Preliminary results from simulator studies suggest that automation reduces workload and that underload is definitely a problem, with a significant proportion of drivers being unable to effectively reclaim control of the vehicle in an automation-failure scenario.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1997
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southampton. Dept. of Psychology

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• Authors:
  • Young, Mark S
  • Stanton, Neville A
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 325-336
• Serial:
  • International journal of cognitive ergonomics. Vol. 1, no. 4
  • Publisher: University of Southampton. Dept. of Psychology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Automobile driving; Human factors
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00780400
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Jan 5 2000 12:00AM