Distracted Driving Due to Visual Working Memory Load

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• Creators:
  Mordkoff, J. Toby ; Chrysler, Susan
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Iowa
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Driver distraction
  • Driver performance
  • Memory
  • Visual perception
  • Traffic safety
  • Research Hub
  • Highways
  • Safety and Human Factors
  • I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
  • Distraction
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MATC-UI: 218 ; 25-1121-0003-218
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01544532
• Edition:
  Final Report July 2013-June 2014
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mid-America Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  In an attempt to understand the specific mechanism by which distractions (such as cell - phone use) can interfere with driving, this work tested the idea that driving performance depends on available space within visual short - term memory. Across trials, different amounts of available vis ual memory were created by the use of a concurrent visual change - detection task. The results showed the typical decrease in memory performance with higher memory loads, but no significant change in driving performance, other than an overall, non - specific, dual - task deficit. These findings suggest that driving does not depend on the fixed - capacity memory system that is assessed by standard, visual short - term memory tasks.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28306/dot_28306_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.57 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:edfa81991847bee500247313776fd20c705dcc894fe71e7542a58fbf0dba6642