Translating cognitive neuroscience to the driver's operational environment: a neuroergonomic approach

Neuroergonomics provides a multidisciplinary translational approach that merges elements of neuroscience, human factors, cognitive psychology, and ergonomics to study brain structure and function in everyday environments. Driving safety, particularly that of older drivers with cognitive impairments,...

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Published inThe American journal of psychology Vol. 123; no. 4; p. 391
Main Authors Lees, Monica N, Cosman, Joshua D, Lee, John D, Fricke, Nicola, Rizzo, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2010
Subjects
Attention - physiology
Automobile Driving - psychology
Brain - physiopathology
Brain Mapping
Cognition Disorders - physiopathology
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Computer Simulation
Cooperative Behavior
Decision Making - physiology
Ergonomics
Frontal Lobe - physiopathology
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Interdisciplinary Communication
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurosciences
Perceptual Disorders - physiopathology
Perceptual Disorders - psychology
Social Environment
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Summary:Neuroergonomics provides a multidisciplinary translational approach that merges elements of neuroscience, human factors, cognitive psychology, and ergonomics to study brain structure and function in everyday environments. Driving safety, particularly that of older drivers with cognitive impairments, is a fruitful application domain for neuroergonomics. Driving makes demands on multiple cognitive processes that are often studied in isolation and so presents a useful challenge in generalizing findings from controlled laboratory tasks to predict safety outcomes. Neurology and the cognitive sciences help explain the mechanisms of cognitive breakdowns that undermine driving safety. Ergonomics complements this explanation with the tools for systematically exploring the various layers of complexity that define the activity of driving. A variety of tools, such as part task simulators, driving simulators, and instrumented vehicles, provide a window into cognition in the natural settings needed to assess the generalizability of laboratory findings and can provide an array of potential interventions to increase driving safety.
ISSN:0002-9556
DOI:10.5406/amerjpsyc.123.4.0391