EEG and fNIRS are associated with situation awareness (hazard) prediction during a driving task.

Autor: Festa EK; Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA., Bracken BK; Charles River Analytics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA., Desrochers PC; Charles River Analytics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA., Winder AT; Charles River Analytics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA., Strong PK; Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA., Endsley MR; SA Technologies, Inc., Gold Canyon, AZ, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ergonomics [Ergonomics] 2024 Jun 20, pp. 1-16. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 20.
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2367163
Abstrakt: Situation awareness (SA) is important in many demanding tasks (e.g. driving). Assessing SA during training can indicate whether someone is ready to perform in the real world. SA is typically assessed by interrupting the task to ask questions about the situation or asking questions after task completion, assessing only momentary SA. An objective and continuous means of detecting SA is needed. We examined whether neurophysiological sensors are useful to objectively measure Level 3 SA (projection of events into the future) during a driving task. We measured SA by the speed at which participants responded to SA questions and the accuracy of responses. For EEG, beta and theta power were most sensitive to SA response time. For fNIRS, oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO) was most sensitive to accuracy. This is the first evidence to our knowledge that neurophysiological measures are useful for assessing Level 3 SA during an ecologically valid task.
Databáze: MEDLINE