Title
Cognitive Load While Driving Impairs Memory Of Moving But Not Stationary Elements Within The Environment
Keywords
Cognitive load; Distracted driving; Simulator
Abstract
The negative impact of cognitive load, such as cell phone conversations, while driving is well established, but understanding the nature of this performance deficit is still being developed. To test the impact of load on awareness of different elements in a driving scene, memory for items within the environment was examined under load and no load conditions. Participants drove through two different scenarios in a driving simulator, were periodically interrupted by a pause in the driving during, and were asked questions regarding moving and stationary objects in the environment. Participants in the load condition drove while concurrently counting backwards by sevens. Results indicate that driving under load conditions led to diminished knowledge of moving, but not stationary, objects in the scene. This result suggests not all types of knowledge are equally impaired. Potential implications for current theories of cell phone use while driving and applied attention theory are discussed. © 2014 Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Volume
3
Issue
2
Number of Pages
95-100
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.04.006
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84902553758 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84902553758
STARS Citation
Blalock, Lisa Durrance; Sawyer, Benjamin D.; Kiken, Ariana; Gutzwiller, Robert S.; and McGill, Calvin L., "Cognitive Load While Driving Impairs Memory Of Moving But Not Stationary Elements Within The Environment" (2014). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 9441.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/9441