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How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body
The present research is aimed at investigating processes associated with learning how to drive safely. We were particularly interested in implicit mechanisms related to the automatic processing system involved in decision making in risky situations (Slovic et al., 2007). The operation of this system...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00167 |
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author | Tagliabue, Mariaelena Sarlo, Michela Gianfranchi, Evelyn |
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description | The present research is aimed at investigating processes associated with learning how to drive safely. We were particularly interested in implicit mechanisms related to the automatic processing system involved in decision making in risky situations (Slovic et al., 2007). The operation of this system is directly linked to experiential and emotional reactions and can be monitored by measuring psychophysiological variables, such as skin conductance responses (SCRs). We focused specifically on the generalization of previously acquired skills to new and never before encountered road scenarios. To that end, we compared the SCRs of two groups of participants engaged, respectively, in two distinctive modes of moped-riding training. The active group proceeded actively, via moped, through several simulated courses, whereas the passive group watched video of the courses performed by the former group and identified hazards. Results indicate that the active group not only demonstrated improved performance in the second session, which involved the same simulated courses, but also showed generalization to new scenes in the third session. Moreover, SCRs to risky scenes, although present in both groups, were detectable in a higher proportion in the active group, paralleling the degree of risk confronted as the training progressed. Finally, the anticipatory ability demonstrated previously (and replicated in the present study), which was evident in the repeated performance of a given scenario, did not seem to generalize to the new scenarios confronted in the last session. |
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spelling | pubmed-63672472019-02-15 How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body Tagliabue, Mariaelena Sarlo, Michela Gianfranchi, Evelyn Front Psychol Psychology The present research is aimed at investigating processes associated with learning how to drive safely. We were particularly interested in implicit mechanisms related to the automatic processing system involved in decision making in risky situations (Slovic et al., 2007). The operation of this system is directly linked to experiential and emotional reactions and can be monitored by measuring psychophysiological variables, such as skin conductance responses (SCRs). We focused specifically on the generalization of previously acquired skills to new and never before encountered road scenarios. To that end, we compared the SCRs of two groups of participants engaged, respectively, in two distinctive modes of moped-riding training. The active group proceeded actively, via moped, through several simulated courses, whereas the passive group watched video of the courses performed by the former group and identified hazards. Results indicate that the active group not only demonstrated improved performance in the second session, which involved the same simulated courses, but also showed generalization to new scenes in the third session. Moreover, SCRs to risky scenes, although present in both groups, were detectable in a higher proportion in the active group, paralleling the degree of risk confronted as the training progressed. Finally, the anticipatory ability demonstrated previously (and replicated in the present study), which was evident in the repeated performance of a given scenario, did not seem to generalize to the new scenarios confronted in the last session. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6367247/ /pubmed/30774617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00167 Text en Copyright © 2019 Tagliabue, Sarlo and Gianfranchi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Tagliabue, Mariaelena Sarlo, Michela Gianfranchi, Evelyn How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body |
title | How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body |
title_full | How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body |
title_fullStr | How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body |
title_full_unstemmed | How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body |
title_short | How Can On-Road Hazard Perception and Anticipation Be Improved? Evidence From the Body |
title_sort | how can on-road hazard perception and anticipation be improved? evidence from the body |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367247/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774617 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00167 |
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