MRI: Acquisition of A High Fidelity Driving Simulator To Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Education on The Effects of Human Factors on Transportation Safety

交通事故每年夺走数千人的生命，造成数百万人受伤。它们还造成数十亿美元的财产损失。进一步提高安全性需要解决人为因素，这是导致交通事故的主要因素之一。在这项建议中，我们考虑了认知加工领域的驱动因素。为此，该核磁共振项目将获得一个高保真的驾驶模拟器，以研究现实驾驶条件下的驾驶行为(例如，昏昏欲睡、注意力不集中、认知)。这款高保真驾驶模拟器将既是一个基准研究平台，也是新理论和新技术的试验台。它将支持关于司机认知、注意力不集中和嗜睡的各种基础和应用研究，从中可以发现司机状态的强大生理或心理指标。这些基础研究产生的创新的驾驶员辅助应用和临床工具将有助于实施有效的驾驶员预警策略，以防止事故的发生。其安全性和经济效益将是显著的。解决这一常规安全问题的方法表明，提案团队努力将多学科的进展结合在一起，为这一关键的运输安全问题提供更好的解决方案。该团队有一个共同的愿景，那就是在认知处理领域接受驾驶员因素，并采取跨学科的方法干预人类行为和机动车操作之间的界面。除加强研究外，督导会继续致力把教育和外展活动与研究活动结合起来。通过这些努力，该设备支持的科学探索的进展将及时传播给本科生、研究生、K-12学生和教师

Transportation accidents take thousands of lives and injure millions annually. They also cause billions of dollars in property damage. Further improving safety requires tackling on human factors, one of the major factors causing traffic accidents. In this proposal we consider driver factors in the realm of cognitive processing. For this purpose, this MRI project will acquire a high fidelity driver simulator to study driver behaviors (e.g., drowsiness, inattention, cognition) under realistic driving conditions. This high fidelity driver simulator will both serve as a benchmark research platform and testbed of new theories and technologies. It will support a variety of fundamental and applied research on driver cognition, inattention and drowsiness, from which robust physiological or psychology indicators of driver status can be uncovered. Innovative driver assistant applications and clinic tools resulting from these fundamental researches will help to implement effective driver warning strategy for the prevention of accident. The safety and economic benefits will be significant. The approach to address this conventional safety issue demonstrates the efforts of the proposal team to bring together progress in multiple disciplines to provide a better solution for this critical transportation safety problem. The team has a common vision of embracing driver factors in the realm of cognitive processing and taking an interdisciplinary approach for interventions in the interface between human behavior and the operation of a motor vehicle. In addition to advance research, the PIs will continue their long term commitments in integrating educational and outreach activities with research activities. Through these efforts, the progress of scientific explorations supported by this equipment will be timely disseminated to undergraduate students, graduate students, K-12 students and teachers