Attention is a pivotal cognitive function and efforts to understand its properties and
operations are fundamental. Building upon the best known taxonomy of attention put forward …

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading source of morbidity and mortality in adolescents in the
United States and the developed world. Inadequate allocation of attention to the driving task …

Background Vigilance is generally understood as the ability to detect infrequent critical
events through long time periods. In tasks like the Sustained Attention to Response Task …

The misallocation of driver visual attention has been suggested as a major contributing
factor to vehicle accidents. One possible reason is that the relatively high cognitive demands …

Prediction of driver reaction to the lead vehicle motion based on the perception-reaction time
(PRT) is critical for prediction of rear-end crash risk. This study determines PRT at various …

Strategies to contend with driver distraction may no longer be sufficient for the emerging
variety of contemporary driver distractions. A more systematic and systemic approach holds …

Performance in everyday tasks, such as driving and sport, requires allocation of attention to
task-relevant information and the ability to inhibit task-irrelevant information. Yet there are …

Several studies in mindfulness and meditation research have used the Attentional Network
Task (ANT) to assess changes in the efficiency of attentional networks. The approaches …

Driver distraction and inattention are considered among the major contributing factors in
road traffic crashes. One of the most widely used tools to study drivers' attentional lapses …

Abstract Background and Objectives Mobility is a critical factor that influences older adults'
independence and well-being. Older drivers may experience increased crash risks due to …