Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Nov;47(11):3405-3417. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3261-7.
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to typically-developed peers, may demonstrate behaviors that are counter to safe driving. The current work examines the use of a novel simulator in two separate studies. Study 1 demonstrates statistically significant performance differences between individuals with (N = 7) and without ASD (N = 7) with regards to the number of turning-related driving errors (p < 0.01). Study 2 shows that both the performance-based feedback group (N = 9) and combined performance- and gaze-sensitive feedback group (N = 8) achieved statistically significant reductions in driving errors following training (p < 0.05). These studies are the first to present results of fine-grained measures of visual attention of drivers and an adaptive driving intervention for individuals with ASD.
自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)个体与典型发展同龄人相比,可能表现出与安全驾驶相悖的行为。目前的工作在两项独立的研究中使用了一种新的模拟器。研究 1 表明,在与转向相关的驾驶错误数量方面,ASD 个体(N=7)与无 ASD 个体(N=7)之间存在统计学显著的性能差异(p<0.01)。研究 2 表明,在接受训练后,基于表现的反馈组(N=9)和结合表现和注视敏感反馈组(N=8)都显著减少了驾驶错误(p<0.05)。这些研究首次提出了驾驶员视觉注意力的精细测量结果和针对 ASD 个体的自适应驾驶干预措施。