Abstract

Driver distraction accounts for a substantial number of traffic accidents. Therefore, the impact of auditory secondary tasks on driving performance was examined. In addition to performance measures, i.e. reaction time on emergency brakings of a leading vehicle, mental driver states were described by electroencephalographic (EEG: alpha spindles, alpha band power) as well as cardiac activity (ECG: heart rate variability). Results show that brake reaction time (RT) increased with time-on-task during all conditions (p Keywords: Driver distraction; Language: en

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