Mindfulness, inattention and performance in a driving simulator

Author

Valero-Mora, Pedro ; Pareja, Ignacio ; Pons, Diana ; Sa?Œ??nchez, Mar ; Montes, Silvana Andrea ; Ledesma, Rube?Œ??n Daniel

Author_Institution

INTRAS, Univ. de Valencia Estudi Gen., Valencia, Spain

Volume

9

Issue

7

fYear

2015

Firstpage

690

Lastpage

693

Abstract

The following study will explore the link between mindfulness, driver inattention and a number of driving performance variables that were tested using the SIMUVEG driving simulator. 67 subjects between the ages of 19 and 27 completed the mindful attention awareness scale, attention-related driving errors scale and attention-related cognitive errors scale questionnaires, and were evaluated in two driving performance measures: time to line-crossing and mean speed. The results did not show a correlation between driving performance and mindfulness measures; they did show low but significant correlations with driver inattention measures. A regression analysis suggested that the specific measure of driver inattention is a predictor of driving performance, but the more general measures are not. These results are relevant to the assessment of psychological variables associated with driving performance.

Keywords

cognition; digital simulation; psychology; regression analysis; traffic engineering computing; SIMUVEG driving simulator; attention-related cognitive error scale questionnaires; attention-related driving error scale; driver inattention measures; driving performance measures; driving performance variables; mean speed; mindful attention awareness scale; mindfulness measures; psychological variable assessment; regression analysis; time to line-crossing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Transport Systems, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-956X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-its.2014.0172

Filename

7243379