Engrossed in conversation: The impact of cell phones on simulated driving performance

Driving is a multifactorial behaviour drawing on multiple cognitive, sensory, and physical systems. Dementia is a progressive and degenerative neurological condition that impacts the cognitive processes necessary for safe driving. While a number of studies have examined driving among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, less is known about the impact of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) on driving safety. The present study compared simulated driving performance of 15 older drivers with mild DLB with that of 21 neurologically healthy control drivers. DLB drivers showed poorer performance on all indicators of simulated driving including an increased number of collisions in the simulator and poorer composite indicators of overall driving performance. A measure of global cognitive function (i.e., the Mini Mental State Exam) was found to be related to the overall driving performance. In addition, measures of attention (i.e., Useful Field of View, UFOV) and space processing (Visual Object and Space Perception, VOSP, Test) correlated significantly with a rater’s assessment of driving performance.

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The Impact Of Fatigue And Night Shift-work On Police Officer Use Of Force, Social Interaction, And Post-shift Driving Performance

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e505972017-001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Stephen James ◽

Lois James ◽

Bryan Vila

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Police Officer ◽

Shift Work ◽

Night Shift ◽

Use Of Force ◽

Driving Performance ◽

Night Shift Work ◽

The Impact ◽

Post Shift

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The effects of impaired vision on simulated driving performance

10.26226/morressier.5785edc8d462b80296c9974a ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Aurora van de Loo

Keyword(s):

Driving Performance ◽

Impaired Vision ◽

Simulated Driving

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Transport and Chronic Injuries Caused by Improper Use of Cell Phones：Evidences from 41 Studies (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.21313 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Xinxi Cao ◽

Yangyang Cheng ◽

Chenjie Xu ◽

Yabing Hou ◽

Hongxi Yang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Body ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Injury Risk ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Mental Disease ◽

Cell Phones ◽

Cell Phone Use ◽

Improper Use ◽

Chronic Injuries ◽

The Impact

BACKGROUND Cell phone use brought convenience to people, but using phones for a long period of time or in the wrong way and with a wrong posture might cause damage to the human body. OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of improper cell phone use on transport and chronic injuries. METHODS Studies were systematically searched in PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, and Web of Science up to April 4, 2019 and relevant reviews were searched to identify additional studies. A random-effects model was used to estimate the overall pooled estimates. RESULTS Cell phone users were at a higher risk for transport injuries (RR: 1.37, 95%CI: 1.221.55), long-term use of cell phones increased the transport injury risk to non-use or short-term use (RR: 2.10, 95% CI: 1.632.70). Neoplasm risk caused by cell phone use was 1.07 times that of non-use (95% CI: 1.011.14); Compared with non-use, cell phone use had a higher risk of eye disease, with a risk of 2.03 (95% CI: 1.273.23), the risk of mental disease was 1.26 (95% CI: 1.171.35), the risk of neurological disorder was 1.16 (95% CI: 1.021.32), and a pooled risk of other chronic injuries was 1.20 (95% CI: 0.981.59). CONCLUSIONS Cell phone use at inappropriate situations has a negative impact on the human body. Therefore, it is necessary to use cell phones correctly and reasonably.

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Effects of Individual Differences, Attention, and Memory Deficits on Driver Distraction

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641285 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 1196-1201

Author(s):

Alejandro A. Arca ◽

Kaitlin M. Stanford ◽

Mustapha Mouloua

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Driving Simulator ◽

Memory Deficits ◽

Driving Performance ◽

Driver Distraction ◽

Phone Call ◽

Traffic Density ◽

Attention And Memory ◽

Adhd Diagnosis ◽

Simulated Driving

The current study was designed to empirically examine the effects of individual differences in attention and memory deficits on driver distraction. Forty-eight participants consisting of 37 non-ADHD and 11 ADHD drivers were tested in a medium fidelity GE-ISIM driving simulator. All participants took part in a series of simulated driving scenarios involving both high and low traffic conditions in conjunction with completing a 20-Questions task either by text- message or phone-call. Measures of UFOV, simulated driving, heart rate variability, and subjective (NASA TLX) workload performance were recorded for each of the experimental tasks. It was hypothesized that ADHD diagnosis, type of cellular distraction, and traffic density would affect driving performance as measured by driving performance, workload assessment, and physiological measures. Preliminary results indicated that ADHD diagnosis, type of cellular distraction, and traffic density affected the performance of the secondary task. These results provide further evidence for the deleterious effects of cellphone use on driver distraction, especially for drivers who are diagnosed with attention-deficit and memory capacity deficits. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, and directions for future research are also presented.

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