Bicyclist-evoked arousal and greater attention to bicyclists independently promote safer driving

Abstract While attention has consistently been shown to be biased toward threatening objects in experimental settings, our understanding of how attention is modulated when the observer is in an anxious or aroused state and how this ultimately affects behavior is limited. In real-world environments,...

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Main Authors: Andy Jeesu Kim, Hananeh Alambeigi, Tara Goddard, Anthony D. McDonald, Brian A. Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:Cognitive Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00332-y