title: Spatial reference frames and driver performance.
abstract: A survey of the relationship between visual reference frame dependence and driving performance is presented. Inter-individual differences in driving are related to three spatial reference frames: visual, gravito-inertial and egocentred. Their pertinence in driving is shown both in theory and experimentally. The experiment (with 36 subjects) presented here studied the basic activity of steering control in a simulated driving task. Results showed that steering control quality (estimated by time to line crossing) was significantly better among subjects who are relatively independent of visual or egocentred reference frames.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rogé
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time; D013028:Space Perception