Title
Active and Passive Fatigue in Simulated Driving: Discriminating Styles of Workload Regulation and Their Safety Impacts
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Exp. Psychol.-Appl.
Keywords
fatigue; automation; driving scenarios; simulated driving; performance; ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; DRIVER FATIGUE; TASK ENGAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; STRESS; AUTOMATION; DURATION; STATES; Psychology, Applied
Abstract
Despite the known dangers of driver fatigue, it is a difficult construct to study empirically. Different forms of task-induced fatigue may differ in their effects on driver performance and safety. Desmond and Hancock (2001) defined active and passive fatigue states that reflect different styles of workload regulation. In 2 driving simulator studies we investigated the multidimensional subjective states and safety outcomes associated with active and passive fatigue. Wind gusts were used to induce active fatigue, and full vehicle automation to induce passive fatigue. Drive duration was independently manipulated to track the development of fatigue states over time. Participants were undergraduate students. Study 1 (N = 108) focused on subjective response and associated cognitive stress processes, while Study 2 (N = 168) tested fatigue effects on vehicle control and alertness. In both studies the 2 fatigue manipulations produced different patterns of subjective response reflecting different styles of workload regulation, appraisal, and coping. Active fatigue was associated with distress, overload, and heightened coping efforts, whereas passive fatigue corresponded to large-magnitude declines in task engagement, cognitive underload, and reduced challenge appraisal. Study 2 showed that only passive fatigue reduced alertness, operationalized as speed of braking and steering responses to an emergency event. Passive fatigue also increased crash probability, but did not affect a measure of vehicle control. Findings support theories that see fatigue as an outcome of strategies for managing workload. The distinction between active and passive fatigue is important for assessment of fatigue and for evaluating automated driving systems which may induce dangerous levels of passive fatigue.
Journal Title
Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied
Volume
19
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
287
Last Page
300
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1076-898X
Recommended Citation
"Active and Passive Fatigue in Simulated Driving: Discriminating Styles of Workload Regulation and Their Safety Impacts" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 4649.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/4649
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