RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF "MENTAL LOAD MAPS"

Research is being prepared to develop a system which facilitates the identification of locations in, for instance, a town which causes a heavy mental load on the car driver. In order to develop this method a car has been equipped with a video-set, the camera of which is mounted behind the windscreen, continuously "recording the independent variable". Dependent variables are physiological parameters and a secondary task. This working report is an overview of the considerations in the preparatory phase of the actual experiments. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen

  Broerstraat 5
  Groningen,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • WILDERVANCK, C
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Cinematography; Drivers; High risk locations; Physiological aspects; Psychology; Stress (Psychology); Stresses; Urban areas; Videotapes
• Old TRIS Terms: Secondary stresses
• ITRD Terms: 1663: Accident black spot; 9001: Behaviour; 6752: Cinematography; 1772: Driver; 2255: Psychology; 2234: Stress (psychol); 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142082
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: WR7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM