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Driving Under the Influence: How Music Listening Affects Driving Behaviors
Published on: March 27, 2019
Driving Under the Influence: How Music Listening Affects Driving Behaviors
Jordan Navarro1, François Osiurak2, Vivien Gaujoux3
1Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EA 3082), University Lyon 2; Institut Universitaire de France; jordan.navarro@univ-lyon2.fr.
Abstract:
Car driving is a daily activity for many individuals in modern societies. Drivers often listen to music while driving. The method presented here investigates how listening to music influences driving behaviors. A driving simulation was selected because it offers both a well-controlled environment and a good level of ecological validity. Driving behaviors were assessed through a car-following task. In practice, participants were instructed to follow a lead vehicle as they would do in real life. The lead vehicle speed changed over time requiring constant speed adjustments for the participants. The inter-vehicular time was used to assess driving behaviors. To complement the driving behaviors, the subjective mood and physiological level of arousal were also collected. As such, the results collected using this method offer insights on both the human internal state (i.e., subjective mood and physiological arousal) and driving behaviors in the car following task.
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