@article{ref1,
title="Identifying mind-wandering behind the wheel",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2009",
author="He, Jibo and Becic, Ensar and Lee, Yi-Ching and McCarley, Jason S.",
volume="53",
number="17",
pages="1146-1150",
abstract="Driver distraction is a significant source of traffic-related crashes. External distraction has been the basis of much research and legislation. However, the influence of internal distraction, or mind-wandering (Smallwood, Fishman, & Schooler, 2007), on driver performance has not been as closely studied. The current study used self-report method of mental states in a simulated driving task to investigate the influence of mind-wandering on driving behavior and performance. Participants performed a car-following task in a low-traffic simulated driving environment, and were asked to press a button mounted on the steering wheel any time they found themselves &quot;zoning out&quot;. For analysis, driving performance data and oculomotor scanning data were binned into one-second intervals and submitted to cluster analysis. Results indicated a cluster mapping onto a time window from roughly 16 seconds prior to a button-press report of mind-wandering until roughly 3 seconds after the report, implying that mind-wandering episodes were detected about 16 seconds after they began. Comparison of performance within and without the mind-wandering intervals indicated that mind-wandering caused horizontal narrowing of drivers' visual scanning, consistent with the influence of other forms of internal distraction e.g., (Recarte & Nunes, 2000).   Keywords: Driver distraction;<p /> <p>Language: en</p> ",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/154193120905301721",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120905301721"
}