title: Attentional processing of location and color cues during driving.
abstract: Studies have shown that prior information concerning the spatial location of a subsequent target facilitates the selection of that target for further visual processing in three-dimensional (3-D) space. Using Posner's cuing paradigm, our work examined the reaction time of drivers when cue duration and peripheral environment luminance was changed, and explored the effect color and location on reaction time. Experiment 1 showed that reaction time was not affected by cue duration, and that shifts of attention operated more efficiently for cue location validity. Experiment 2 showed that there was no main effect of background luminance on reaction time. Experiment 3 showed that location produces a greater effect than color.
authors.affiliation: Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kagawa University, Japan. s06d502@stmail.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ruting
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Shun'ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D003116:Color; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008029:Lighting; D011930:Reaction Time; D013028:Space Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception