A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Systematic Observation of an Expert Driver's Gaze Strategy—An On-Road Case Study




AuthorsLappi Otto; Rinkkala Paavo; Pekkanen Jami

PublisherFrontiers Media SA

Publication year2017

JournalFrontiers in Psychology

Journal name in sourceFrontiers in Psychology

Volume8

eISSN1664-1078

DOIhttps://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00620

Web address https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00620


Abstract

In this paper we present and qualitatively analyze an expert driver's gaze behavior in natural driving on a real road, with no specific experimental task or instruction. Previous eye tracking research on naturalistic tasks has revealed recurring patterns of gaze behavior that are surprisingly regular and repeatable. Lappi (2016) identified in the literature seven “qualitative laws of gaze behavior in the wild”: recurring patterns that tend to go together, the more so the more naturalistic the setting, all of them expected in extended sequences of fully naturalistic behavior. However, no study to date has observed all in a single experiment. Here, we wanted to do just that: present observations supporting all the “laws” in a single behavioral sequence by a single subject. We discuss the laws in terms of unresolved issues in driver modeling and open challenges for experimental and theoretical development.



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