Effects of shrinkage of the visual field through ageing on parking performance: a parametric manipulation of salience and relevance of contextual components

DOUISSEMBEKOV ; GEORGE ; ROGE ; BONHOURE ; GABAUDE ; NAVARRO

Type de document
ARTICLE A COMITE DE LECTURE REPERTORIE DANS BDI (ACL)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
DOUISSEMBEKOV ; GEORGE ; ROGE ; BONHOURE ; GABAUDE ; NAVARRO
Résumé / Abstract
The MAM model of attention (Michael et al., 2007; Michael, Lete, and Ducrot, 2013) was used to study visual attention and driving behaviours of younger and older drivers while parking a car. The salience and the relevance of elements present in the parking environment were manipulated during parking manoeuvres. Different effects on manoeuvring were observed depending on driver characteristics such as age and the extent of the field of view. It was found that the presence of a relevant element, such as a pedestrian, impaired parking performance only among older drivers with a narrower field of view. The distinct effects of salience and relevance suggest that they had different statuses in attentional processing of manoeuvring drivers.
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