Cognitive Workload ≠ Crash Risk: Rejoinder to Study by Strayer et al. (2015)

David Shinar

doi:10.1177/0018720815574943

Cognitive Workload ≠ Crash Risk: Rejoinder to Study by Strayer et al. (2015)

David Shinar

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

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Abstract

Strayer et al.'s article is a significant attempt to scale the cognitive workload of different potentially distracting tasks. It is tempting but not warranted to equate the workload with the relative risk of crash involvement. In this article, I list the reasons why the scaling should not be generalized to safety implications in real driving and argue for the combination of studies of maximal performance assessment (e.g., simulation) with behavioral assessment (e.g., naturalistic driving).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1328-1330
Number of pages	3
Journal	Human Factors
Volume	57
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720815574943
State	Published - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

accidents
cognition
distraction
dual task
human error
intelligent vehicle systems
mental workload
risk assessment
surface transportation
task switching
time sharing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human Factors and Ergonomics
Applied Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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