TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Attention maintenance in novice drivers: assessment and training
JO  - Proceedings of the ... international driving symposium on human factors in driver assessment, training and vehicle design
A1  - Pradhan, Anuj
A1  - Masserang, Kathleen M.
A1  - Divekar, Gautam
A1  - Reagan, Ian J.
A1  - Thomas, F. Dennis
A1  - Blomberg, Richard D.
A1  - Pollatsek, Alexander
A1  - Fisher, Donald L.
SP  - 349
EP  - 355
VL  - 5
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N2  - All programs assessing attention maintenance inside the vehicle have required eye trackers and either a driving simulator or a specially equipped field vehicle. Ideally, one would like a way to assess attention maintenance that could be implemented on a desktop PC. Additionally, one would like to have a program that could be used to train novice drivers to maintain their attention more safely on the forward roadway. An experiment was run (a) to determine whether a program FOCAL (Focused Concentration and Attention Learning) using a desktop PC could differentiate between the attention maintenance skills of novice and experienced drivers and (b) to determine whether a program that improved the hazard anticipation skills of novice drivers might also improve their attention maintenance skills. FOCAL was able to differentiate between the attention maintenance skills of novice and experienced drivers. However, hazard anticipation training did not improve the attention maintenance skills of the novice drivers.<p />
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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