Investigating the cross-cultural differences in visual attention when driving, and how these differences can be used in driver training.

驾驶是一项高度可视化的任务，理解司机的视线对道路安全至关重要。到目前为止，大多数关于司机视觉注意力的研究都集中在发达国家的司机身上。几乎没有关于发展中国家司机视觉注意力的研究。尽管在非驾驶相关的任务中发现了视觉注意力的跨文化差异，但这仍然是事实。本研究旨在通过将视觉注意应用于驾驶领域来探讨视觉注意的跨文化差异。通过使用眼球跟踪和驾驶模拟等方法比较英国和马来西亚司机的视觉注意力，可以探索这一点。在探索这些差异之后，本研究将重点培训司机，通过结合两个民族司机的最佳策略来提高他们的视觉搜索能力。

Driving is a highly visual task and understanding where drivers look is of paramount importance to road safety. So far, most research into drivers' visual attention has focused on drivers from developed countries. There is little to no research into visual attention amongst drivers from developing countries. This is despite the fact that cross-cultural differences in visual attention have been found in non-driving related tasks. This research aims to explore the cross-cultural differences in visual attention by applying them to the domain of driving. This will be explored by comparing visual attention between UK and Malaysian drivers using methods including eye tracking and driving simulation. Following the exploration of these differences, the research will focus on training drivers to improve their visual search by combining optimal strategies from drivers of both nationalities.