Study of the Influence of the Complexity and Modality of Driver Route Information on the Detection of Visual Stimuli during a Simulated Driving Task: A Critical Evaluation and Re-Analysis.

摘要

The report describes two previous studies conducted by G. Blikman, and includes a critical evaluation and re-analysis of his results. The first study investigated the influence of the complexity of visual driver route information on the detection of (other) visual stimuli during a simulated driving task. The second study considered the effects of auditory driver route information. Due to reservations concerning the experimental design and the validity of the driving task simulation, definitive conclusions could not be obtained. Nevertheless, a cautious practitioner could conclude that simple, auditory navigational messages interfere the least with visual search, and are therefore to be preferred. Furthermore, it is argued that limitations of the Working Memory Store, especially during non-asymptotic behavior, should be explicitly considered in future studies.