Hazard perception performance and visual scanning behaviours: The effect of sleepiness
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Article Title | Hazard perception performance and visual scanning behaviours: The effect of sleepiness |
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ERA Journal ID | 6691 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Watling, Christopher N. (Author) and Home, Madison (Author) |
Journal Title | Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour |
Journal Citation | 90, pp. 243-251 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2022 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1369-8478 |
1873-5517 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.08.020 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847822001978 |
Abstract | Driver sleepiness accounts for a substantial proportion of crashes in Australia and Worldwide. Young adults are overrepresented in sleep-related crashes and are more susceptible to sleepiness, resulting in impaired attention and driving performance. Visual scanning behaviour can affect the role between attention and information acquisition from the driver's environment. Thus, if attention is impaired, visual scanning behaviours are likely to show decrements as well. Overall, 32 young adults aged between 20-25 years completed a 60-minute hazard perception task to examine the effect of sleepiness and time-on-task on hazard perception performance, visual scanning behaviours, subjective sleepiness scores, and psychomotor vigilance test performance. The main outcomes include decrements in hazard perception performance and a restriction in horizontal and vertical eye scanning ranges across the 60-minute session, but with a more pronounced effect when sleep-restricted. These outcomes were consistent with increases in subjective sleepiness and behavioural metrics of sleepiness assessed via the PVT. Reductions in scanning range could limit opportunities to attend to hazards and other critical safety events. The current study outcomes provide an important contribution regarding the risks associated with sleepy driving performance. |
Keywords | eye tracking; hazard perception, sleep restriction; young drivers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520206. Psychophysiology |
520404. Memory and attention | |
520203. Cognitive neuroscience | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7q6z/hazard-perception-performance-and-visual-scanning-behaviours-the-effect-of-sleepiness
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