Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving

by Candida Castro

Overview

Written clearly and concisely, using jargon-free language that is easily understood, this book compresses research from the past few decades into an accessible resource. It focuses on the concrete cognitive processes of driving, specifically, information acquisition and information processing. The authors delineate the theory, practice, and application of human factors knowledge and psychology to explain human errors that occur when acquiring information from the road environment. The book provides content on highway engineering, new technologies, vehicle, signage, VMS, and safety as well as information about the human factors on errors, situation awareness, workload, and fatigue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040068410
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/21/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Visual Demands and Driving. Visual Requirements of Vehicular Guidance. Estimations in Driving. A Two-Dimensional Framework for Understanding the Role of Attentional Selection in Driving. Driver Distractions. Experience and Visual Attention in Driving. The Environment: Roadway Design, Environmental Factors, and Conflicts. On Allocating the Eyes: Visual Attention and In-Vehicle Technologies. Enhancing Safety by Augmenting Information Acquisition in the Driving Environment. Crossmodal Information Processing in Driving. Interventions to Reduce Road Trauma. On Not Getting Hit: The Science of Avoiding Collisions and the Failures Involved in That Endeavor.