Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100083

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150100083

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Driving as a model for investigating and improving visual search abilities. Visual search is a fundamental skill that is required in several aspects of everyday life. Driving represents an example of high-stakes search: we must constantly scan the environment in order to identify both potential hazards and informational cues, such as traffic lights and signs. While most drivers are experienced (they have been driving for years) they are not experts (they have no special training or skills); this lack of expertise potentially affects search accuracy and, in turn, road safety. This project aims to use and extend existing models of visual search performance in order to explore factors that influence drivers' visual search abilities, and to identify strategies for reducing these perceptual failures and, in turn, road crashes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-06-2015

End Date: 28-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance | Psychology | Psychology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Road Safety | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Psychology | Psychology not elsewhere classified | Road Safety | Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance

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