Does road familiarity change eye fixations? A comparison between watching a video and real driving
article
Fixation times are known to decrease after multiple exposures to the same road in simulated environments. The present study investigates whether this also holds for real driving and for watching a video, which was taped during driving (while simulating steering and braking). It appeared that the fixation times for traffic signs, information signs or road markings decreased as participants encountered the environment more often. This decrease between the two conditions in fixation
times was quite comparable between watching a video and actual driving. However, there were also some differences in fixation times and frequencies to specific objects. Therefore, great care is needed when using video instead of real driving to investigate fixation times and frequencies to traffic related objects.
Keywords: Expectations; Familiarity; Driving; Video; Fixation times; Traffic signs
times was quite comparable between watching a video and actual driving. However, there were also some differences in fixation times and frequencies to specific objects. Therefore, great care is needed when using video instead of real driving to investigate fixation times and frequencies to traffic related objects.
Keywords: Expectations; Familiarity; Driving; Video; Fixation times; Traffic signs
Topics
Traffic signsExpectationsEye movementsResponse timesVisual searchInformation processingDrivingFamiliarityFixation timesVideoAutomobile driversAutomobile steering equipmentComputer simulationRailroad traffic controlRunway markingsFixation timesReal drivingRoad markingsSimulating steeringRailroad transportation
TNO Identifier
15947
Source
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 10(1), pp. 33-47.
Pages
33-47
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