THE IMPACT OF ROAD COMPLEXITYON THE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL LOAD EXPERIENCED BY CAR DRIVERS USING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) MEASUREMENT OF BRAINWAVES
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2018, Vol 16, Issue 4
Abstract
A driver’s mental and physical states while driving on hazardous roads significantly determine the incident of traffic accident. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the impact of road complexity on the psychophysiological load experienced by drivers through the use of Electroencephalography (EEG). Three conditions were examined through driving simulation, namely motorway, rural road, and city road.<br/><br/>The data were collected from three respondents (drivers) who had different driving experiences, including < 3 years, 3 to 5 years, and > 5 years. Besides, each respondent would go through two tests with different situations: a normal situation and interfered situation (noises). The tool used was Emotive EPOC neuroheadset with 5 channels (electrode) which represent brain parts, such as the frontal (AF3 and AF4), temporal (T7 and T8), and parietal/occipital Pz.<br/><br/>The simulation test results show that the beta signal for the motorway road situation in the occipital lobe, which functioned as visual, is more dominant compared to electrodes in other parts. Meanwhile, data from the rural road and the city road indicate a strong signal of emotions and visuals. In addition, based on the metrics performance result, the drivers’ level of stress reached its highest on the city road, as much as 45, followed by the rural road = 44 and the motorway = 42. While for the concentration index, the city road achieved 47, the rural road = 50 and the motorway = 53.<br/><br/>EEG can be used as the basis for drivers performance assessment within different road situations so that the alert system for drivers can be engineered better.<br/><br/>
Authors and Affiliations
Sugiono Sugiono, Widhayanuriyawan Denny, Debrina Puspita Andriani
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP421509
- DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0012.7926
- Views 99
- Downloads 0
THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY: A PROFILE OF INDIAN ARTISTS
[b]Background: [/b]The present study aims at comparing the cognitive profile of creative artists and non-creative participants. We assessed creativity correlates by taking a sample of professionally creative artists unli...
AN INTEGRATED MODEL BASED ON THE QEEG INDEX, AGE AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION FOR CORTISOL LEVEL ESTIMATION IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
Cortisol is known to be correlated with cognition, aging, and quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG), although these factors have not yet been reported. This study aimed to evaluate an integrated model for estimating...
THE EFFECTS OF AGE AND GENDER ON FINGER TAPPING SPEED IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
The assessment of children’s motor control is very important in detecting potential motor deficits. The Finger Tapping Test (FTT) is a widely used test in various clinical and non-clinical populations. FTT is a neuropsy...
CHANGES IN GENES EXPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH CELL STRESS IN THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC PERSEVERATIVE STUTTERING
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the expression of genes associated with cell stress response in the patient with chronic stuttering.Case study: We examined genes expression in a 26-year-old patient (D.K.)...
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA
Dissociative amnesia is defined as the retrograde memory loss in the absence of detectable structural brain damage caused by disassociation. Although the classification criteria of dissociative amnesia are based solely o...