TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual search of trained and untrained drivers in a driving simulator 1
AU - Seya, Yasuhiro
AU - Nakayasu, Hidetoshi
AU - Patterson, Patrick
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - To investigate the effects of driving experience on visual search during driving, we measured eye movements during driving tasks using a driving simulator. We evaluated trained and untrained drivers for selected driving road section types (for example, intersections and straight roads). Participants in the trained group had received driving training by the simulator before the experiment, while the others had no driving training by it. In the experiment, the participants were instructed to drive safely in the simulator. The results of scan paths showed that eye positions were less variable in the trained group than in the untrained group. Total eye-movement distances were shorter, and fixation durations were longer in the trained group than in the untrained group. These results suggest that trained drivers may perceive relevant information efficiently with few eye movements by using their anticipation skills and useful field of view, which may have been developed through their driving training in the simulator.
AB - To investigate the effects of driving experience on visual search during driving, we measured eye movements during driving tasks using a driving simulator. We evaluated trained and untrained drivers for selected driving road section types (for example, intersections and straight roads). Participants in the trained group had received driving training by the simulator before the experiment, while the others had no driving training by it. In the experiment, the participants were instructed to drive safely in the simulator. The results of scan paths showed that eye positions were less variable in the trained group than in the untrained group. Total eye-movement distances were shorter, and fixation durations were longer in the trained group than in the untrained group. These results suggest that trained drivers may perceive relevant information efficiently with few eye movements by using their anticipation skills and useful field of view, which may have been developed through their driving training in the simulator.
KW - Anticipation skill
KW - Driving experience
KW - Driving simulator
KW - Eye movements
KW - Useful field of view
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57249098849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2008.00380.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2008.00380.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57249098849
VL - 50
SP - 242
EP - 252
JO - Japanese Psychological Research
JF - Japanese Psychological Research
SN - 0021-5368
IS - 4
ER -