CHANGES IN SUBSIDIARY REACTION TIME AND HEART-RATE DURING CAR DRIVING, PASSENGER TRAVEL AND STATIONARY CONDITIONS

A reaction time (rt) task was used in three conditions, each lasting 2 h, during which six female subjects: (I) drove on a 5 km closed track, (II) were driven as passenger on the same track, and (III) were tested in a stationary vehicle. There was an increase in rt only in the driving condition. Furthermore, there was a progressively greater increase in rt over the three successive test sessions, independent of the order in which conditions were tested. Measurement of heart-rate (hr) showed that hr decreased only in the driving and the passenger conditions, and that the decrease in hr became progressively smaller over the three sessions. Consequently rt-data and hr-data (interpreted as indicating level of arousal) provided contra-indications of changes in driving proficiency.(a) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Laurell, H
  • Lisper, H O
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 149-156
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aptitude; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Females; Heart; Motor reactions; Passengers; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Test tracks; Tests; Vehicle occupants
• Old TRIS Terms: Female drivers; Reaction(Human)
• ITRD Terms: 1855: Driving (veh); 2226: Driving aptitude; 2037: Heart; 2247: Reaction (human); 6255: Test; 2789: Test track; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142427
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM