Effects of preactivated mental representations on driving performance

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This study investigated the distribution of visual attention and driving performance under different conditions of preactivated mental representations. It is propagated that a series of mental concepts is successively activated during driving. Once a concept is activated, reactions to similar objects are facilitated (priming effect). In order to examine to which extent activated concepts influence the behaviour while driving, a driving simulator-study was performed. The difference between the experimental conditions was the existence of a concept-triggering signal: In one version of the traffic scene a premonitory stimulus appeared as a static object (warning sign) and in a second version as a dynamic object (moving pedestrian) before a jaywalker emerged behind a parking bus ...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman factors for assistance and automation
EditorsDick Waard, Frank Flemisch, Bernd Lorenz, Hendrik Oberheid, Karel Brooklhuis
Number of pages11
Place of PublicationMaastricht
PublisherShaker Publishing
Publication date2008
Pages129-139
ISBN (print)978-90-423-0350-8
Publication statusPublished - 2008