Driving Simulator
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A driving simulator was brought to the Psychology Department in 2015, and is located on the 1st floor of the Humanities Annex.
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Led by Professor Derrick Watson, the Psychology Driving Simulator has been used for testing which has produced some of the following pieces of research: |
- Ritchie, Owain T., Watson, Derrick G., Griffiths, Nathan, Misyak, Jennifer B., Chater, Nick, Xu, Zhou and Mouzakitis, Alexandros (2019) How should autonomous vehicles overtake other drivers? Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 66 . pp. 406-418. doi:10.1016/j.trf.2019.09.016
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Chater, Nick, Misyak, Jennifer B., Watson, Derrick G., Griffiths, Nathan and Mouzakitis, Alexandros (2018) Negotiating the traffic : can cognitive science help make autonomous vehicles a reality? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22 (2). pp. 93-95. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2017.11.008
- Gunnell, Daniel, Kunar, Melina A. and Watson, Derrick G. (2019) Having a phone conversation delays but does not disrupt cognitive mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Applied, 26 (2). pp. 199-217. doi:10.1037/xap0000239
- Gunnell, Daniel, Kunar, Melina A., Norman, Danielle and Watson, Derrick G. (2019) The hazards of perception : evaluating a change blindness demonstration within a real-world driver education course. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 4 . 15. doi:10.1186/s41235-019-0165-4
The research reflects our growing involvement with partners such as JLR and other external companies, as well as governmental and non-governmental bodies beyond academia.
News:
Professor Nicole Tang spoke to the BBC on how our mindset affects our sleep. Our hectic modern lives can often leave us feeling sleep-deprived, but what if much of a good night's sleep was down to our state of mind?
Dr Melina Kunar was invited to be a guest on the podcast from the Alan Turing Institute (see link below - Series 2 Episode 5)
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