TY - JOUR
T1 - Gaze-eccentricity effects on road position and steering
AU - Readinger, Wilson O.
AU - Chatziastros, Astros
AU - Cunningham, Douglas W.
AU - Bülthoff, Heinrich H.
AU - Cutting, James E.
PY - 2002/12
Y1 - 2002/12
N2 - The effects of gaze eccentricity on the steering of an automobile were studied. Drivers performed an attention task while attempting to drive down the middle of a straight road in a simulation. Steering was biased in the direction of fixation, and deviation from the center of the road was proportional to the gaze direction until saturation at approximately 15° gaze-angle from straight ahead. This effect remains when the position of the head was controlled and a reverse-steering task was used. Furthermore, the effect was not dependent on speed but reversed when the forward movement of the driver was removed from the simulation. Thus, small deviations in a driver's gaze can lead to significant impairments of the ability to drive a straight course.
AB - The effects of gaze eccentricity on the steering of an automobile were studied. Drivers performed an attention task while attempting to drive down the middle of a straight road in a simulation. Steering was biased in the direction of fixation, and deviation from the center of the road was proportional to the gaze direction until saturation at approximately 15° gaze-angle from straight ahead. This effect remains when the position of the head was controlled and a reverse-steering task was used. Furthermore, the effect was not dependent on speed but reversed when the forward movement of the driver was removed from the simulation. Thus, small deviations in a driver's gaze can lead to significant impairments of the ability to drive a straight course.
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U2 - 10.1037/1076-898X.8.4.247
DO - 10.1037/1076-898X.8.4.247
M3 - Article
C2 - 12570099
AN - SCOPUS:0036982691
SN - 1076-898X
VL - 8
SP - 247
EP - 258
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
IS - 4
ER -