title: Effects of driving time on microsaccadic dynamics.
abstract: Driver fatigue is a common cause of car accidents. Thus, the objective detection of driver fatigue is a first step toward the effective management of fatigue-related traffic accidents. Here, we investigated the effects of driving time, a common inducer of driver fatigue, on the dynamics of fixational eye movements. Participants drove for 2 h in a virtual driving environment while we recorded their eye movements. Microsaccade velocities decreased with driving time, suggesting a potential effect of fatigue on microsaccades during driving.
authors.affiliation: Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA, distasi@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Leandro L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Di Stasi
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: McCamy
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pannasch
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cañas
authors.forename: Boris M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Velichkovsky
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinez-Conde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000209:etiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult