Psychophysiology in Driving Research

Abstract

The focus of this symposium, co-sponsored by the Psychophysiology in Ergonomics interest group of the International Ergonomics Association, is to illustrate how psychophysiological measurement can contribute to a broad sample of research issues in driving. Papers from Japan, France, and the United States will be presented that examine diverse research questions in driver workload, sleepiness, affect, and attention. The papers report how a variety of psychophysiological measures (e.g., ocular activity, and skin, cardiovascular, and electroencephalographic responses) that were obtained in research environments ranging from laboratory part-task and driving simulation to field studies can supplement and complement more traditional performance and subjective measures of driver behavior. The papers will present both past and present uses of psychophysiology in driving research as well as discuss potential uses of psychophysiology for future research.