Candida Castro

Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written clearly and concisely, using jargon-free language that is easily understood, this book compresses research from the past few decades into an accessible resource. It focuses on concrete the Cognitive Processes of driving, specifically, information acquisition and information processing. The authors delineate the theory, practice, and application Human Factors Knowledge and psychology theories to explain human errors when acquiring information from the road environment. The book provides 'applied' content on highway engineering, new technologies, vehicle, signage, VMS, and safety as well as information about the human factors on errors, situation awareness, workload, and fatigue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781420055306
• ISBN-10: 1420055305
• Artikelnr.: 22604941

Autorenporträt

Castro, Candida

Inhaltsangabe

Visual Demands and Driving. Visual Requirements of Vehicular Guidance.
Estimations in Driving. A Two-Dimensional Framework for Understanding the
Role of Attentional Selection in Driving. Driver Distractions. Experience
and Visual Attention in Driving. The Environment: Roadway Design,
Environmental Factors, and Conflicts. On Allocating the Eyes: Visual
Attention and In-Vehicle Technologies. Enhancing Safety by Augmenting
Information Acquisition in the Driving Environment. Crossmodal Information
Processing in Driving. Interventions to Reduce Road Trauma. On Not Getting
Hit: The Science of Avoiding Collisions and the Failures Involved in That
Endeavor.