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Title:

Distinct Attentional Functions are Differentially Associated with Specific Driving Errors and Crash Types: Evidence from a Preliminary Study

Accession Number:

01593470

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

There is a well-established link between attentional ability and vehicle crash risks. In general, inferior attentional ability is associated with poorer driving performance and elevated crash risks. Although attention has been viewed as a uniform construct, modern neurocognitive understanding of human attention suggests that attention is instead a multifaceted construct consisting of three distinct functions: alerting, orienting and executive attention. It is unclear how the three distinct attentional functions are involved in driving. Specifically, whether the three attentional functions play differential roles in various driving situations. Such knowledge is essential for developing effective rehabilitation strategies for drivers with attentional deficits or decline. In the current online study, the authors examined the link between each attentional function and self-reported on road driving performance. The authors' results suggest that the three distinct attentional functions are differentially associated with driving errors and crashes in specific driving situations. Inferior executive attention is linked to poorer driving performance when attention needs to be divided among multiple locations or tasks. Inferior alerting function is associated with poorer ability to quickly detect potential hazards. Although it is preliminary, this knowledge provides a base for developing effective rehabilitation methods to mitigate the impacts from attentional deficits on driving

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AND10 Standing Committee on Vehicle User Characteristics. Alternate title: Differential Association of Distinct Attentional Functions with Specific Driving Errors and Crash Types

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-6892

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Choi, HeeSun
Feng, Jing

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-6892

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 6:59PM