Spatio-Temporal Flexibility of Attention Inferred from Drivers' Steering Movements

Participants attempted to center a cursor on a video display of a winding roadway with a rate control system. Fourier analysis of their steering movements in response to sinusoidal perturbations of the roadway revealed how much attention they allocated to different roadway preview locations. We comp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of motor behavior 2021-10, Vol.53 (6), p.758-769
Main Authors: Rizzi, Emanuele, Jagacinski, Richard J., Bloom, Benjamin J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
attention
control theory
driving
perceptual- motor buffer
preview
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Participants attempted to center a cursor on a video display of a winding roadway with a rate control system. Fourier analysis of their steering movements in response to sinusoidal perturbations of the roadway revealed how much attention they allocated to different roadway preview locations. We compared a full 1.0 s of preview with preview restricted to a narrow slit around 0.3 s or 0.6 s. Participants were able to flexibly shift their attention to either slit. However, they performed better in terms of root-mean-squared error, velocity error, and acceleration error with the fuller view. They concentrated their attention over a range from 0.1 s to 0.3 s of preview in a manner qualitatively consistent with Miller's optimal control model.
ISSN:0022-2895
1940-1027
DOI:10.1080/00222895.2020.1868968