Car Drivers' Pattern of Eye Fixations on the Road and in the Laboratory

Abstract

Car drivers' eye fixations were registrated when driving a car on the road and when viewing a slide in the laboratory which shows the same traffic situation. Even when the Ss of the second group were instructed to observe the presented slide as if they were driving there, they fixated their eyes on well defined targets with quite different frequencies than those Ss who actually drove the car on the road. Furthermore, in the laboratory there was a tendency toward prolonged fixation times as compared to on the road driving condition. The results suggest that the Ss on the road fixated more task oriented targets and picked up also more information than their counterpartners in the laboratory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA069755

Entities

People

  • Amos S. Cohen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohol Consumption
  • Automobiles
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Data Displays
  • Experimental Design
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Frequency
  • Human Development
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Social Sciences
  • Visual Acuity

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
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