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It is anticipated that automobiles will become fully autonomous at some time in the future. To achieve this outcome, designers and manufacturers are introducing new automated driving aids incrementally which should improve the safety and efficiency of surface transportation, but could potentially increase the complexity of driving. As more automation is added, both for driving (i.e., adaptive cruise control) and non-driving (i.e. entertainment console) purposes, the location of displays and controls will become increasingly important to ensure rapid and accurate responses to time-critical events. One factor that has been shown to affect response latency and accuracy in many task settings is stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility: when stimulus and response locations are spatially congruent, response times are lower that when the spatial locations are incongruent. This S-R compatibility effect has been demonstrated even when stimulus location is not relevant to the task, known as the Simon Effect. In the present experiment, we investigated the Simon Effect using a dynamic driving task known as the Lane Change Test (LCT). We found partial support for a Simon effect that was modified by the position of the vehicle on the road.
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Boudreau, A., Strybel, T.Z. (2022). The Simon Effect in Driving. In: Kurosu, M., et al. HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Design, User Experience and Interaction. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13516. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17615-9_43
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