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The abstract outlines a study aiming to evaluate the impact of cold stress via skin cooling on driving simulator performance, but reports no quantitative results.
Why the study?
Does cold stress by way of skin cooling impact driving simulator performance?
Does cold stress by way of skin cooling impact driving simulator performance?
This study aims to evaluate how cold stress affects driving simulator performance to inform future safety systems.
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No quantitative results reported; leaves open whether skin cooling affects driving simulator performance and precludes practice implications.
Exposure to cold environments can impact complex task performance due to increased error from cognitive and physiological stress. Few studies have examined the effects of cold stress on driving performance or the potential for advanced driver safety systems to detect error. The current study aims to examine the effects of cold stress by way of skin cooling on driving simulator performance, and evaluate vehicle behavior metrics for possible dangerous driving detection systems. Driving under cold stress is expected to result in systematic vehicle behavior and driving performance error, which can be utilized for future safety system research and development.
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Morris et al. (2014) studied Cold stress. Cold stress (skin cooling) was evaluated on Driving simulator performance and vehicle behavior metrics. The abstract outlines a study aiming to evaluate the impact of cold stress via skin cooling on driving simulator performance, but reports no quantitative results.
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