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Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving
Mental workload and mind-wandering are highly related to driving safety. This study investigated the relationship between mental workload and mind-wandering while driving. Participants (N = 40) were asked to perform a car following task in driving simulator, and report whether they had experienced m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176962 |
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author | Zhang, Yuyu Kumada, Takatsune |
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description | Mental workload and mind-wandering are highly related to driving safety. This study investigated the relationship between mental workload and mind-wandering while driving. Participants (N = 40) were asked to perform a car following task in driving simulator, and report whether they had experienced mind-wandering upon hearing a tone. After driving, participants reported their workload using the NASA-Task Load Index (TLX). Results revealed an interaction between workload and mind-wandering in two different perspectives. First, there was a negative correlation between workload and mind-wandering (r = -0.459, p < 0.01) for different individuals. Second, from temporal perspective workload and mind-wandering frequency increased significantly over task time and were positively correlated. Together, these findings contribute to understanding the roles of workload and mind-wandering in driving. |
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spelling | pubmed-54150472017-05-14 Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving Zhang, Yuyu Kumada, Takatsune PLoS One Research Article Mental workload and mind-wandering are highly related to driving safety. This study investigated the relationship between mental workload and mind-wandering while driving. Participants (N = 40) were asked to perform a car following task in driving simulator, and report whether they had experienced mind-wandering upon hearing a tone. After driving, participants reported their workload using the NASA-Task Load Index (TLX). Results revealed an interaction between workload and mind-wandering in two different perspectives. First, there was a negative correlation between workload and mind-wandering (r = -0.459, p < 0.01) for different individuals. Second, from temporal perspective workload and mind-wandering frequency increased significantly over task time and were positively correlated. Together, these findings contribute to understanding the roles of workload and mind-wandering in driving. Public Library of Science 2017-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5415047/ /pubmed/28467513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176962 Text en © 2017 Zhang, Kumada http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zhang, Yuyu Kumada, Takatsune Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
title | Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
title_full | Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
title_fullStr | Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
title_short | Relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
title_sort | relationship between workload and mind-wandering in simulated driving |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176962 |
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