Angry Drivers Take Risky Decisions: Evidence from Neurophysiological Assessment

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 10; p. 1701
• Main Authors: Li, Shuling, Zhang, Tingru, Sawyer, Ben D, Zhang, Wei, Hancock, Peter A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.05.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anger; Automobile Driving - psychology; Behavior; Decision Making; Drivers; EEG; Emotions; Environmental assessment; Event-related potentials; Experiments; Feedback; Female; Humans; Likert scale; Male; Pedestrians; Reward; Risk-Taking; Roads & highways; Studies; Vehicles; Young Adult; event-related potentials; driver; decision-making; anger; risk sensitivity

The present study investigated the risk-taking behaviors of angry drivers, which were coincidentally measured via behavioral and electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings. We manipulated a driving scenario that concerned a Go/No-Go decision at an intersection when the controlling traffic light was in...