TY - GEN
T1 - Measuring inhibitory control in driver distraction
AU - Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty
AU - Chen, Huei Yen Winnie
AU - Giang, Wayne Chi Wei
AU - Donmez, Birsen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© RSNA 2014.
PY - 2014/9/17
Y1 - 2014/9/17
N2 - Driver distraction research primarily focuses on voluntary distraction. Little known research explicitly evaluates driver susceptibility to involuntary distractions. This paper investigates the relationships between glance behavior in response to irrelevant stimuli in a driving simulator and measures of inhibitory control assessed through a modified flanker task. Overall, inhibitory control appears to be a mechanism that relates to number of glances and average glance duration. Data from 16 participants show that smaller flanker compatibility effects (i.e., better inhibitory control) are significantly associated with fewer glances and shorter average glance durations to irrelevant stimuli in the simulator. No significant relation was found between time fixation on the irrelevant stimulus after its onset and the size of the flanker compatibility effect.
AB - Driver distraction research primarily focuses on voluntary distraction. Little known research explicitly evaluates driver susceptibility to involuntary distractions. This paper investigates the relationships between glance behavior in response to irrelevant stimuli in a driving simulator and measures of inhibitory control assessed through a modified flanker task. Overall, inhibitory control appears to be a mechanism that relates to number of glances and average glance duration. Data from 16 participants show that smaller flanker compatibility effects (i.e., better inhibitory control) are significantly associated with fewer glances and shorter average glance durations to irrelevant stimuli in the simulator. No significant relation was found between time fixation on the irrelevant stimulus after its onset and the size of the flanker compatibility effect.
KW - Distracted driving
KW - Flanker task
KW - Inhibition
KW - Involuntary distraction
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85116180923
U2 - 10.1145/2667317.2667326
DO - 10.1145/2667317.2667326
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85116180923
T3 - AutomotiveUI 2014 - 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, in Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI - Proceedings
BT - AutomotiveUI 2014 - 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, in Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI - Proceedings
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2014
Y2 - 17 September 2014 through 19 September 2014
ER -