A Theoretical and Methodological Framework for Studying and Modeling Drivers’ Mental Representations.

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Ten years worth of study was conducted by INTRETS-LESCOT in relation to car driver’s mental representation. This representation consisted of information processing and operative activity. In addition, attention was devoted to the functional representation as well. Functional representation entailed what driver’s would do in certain situations, which consisted of implicit and explicit dimensions. The implicit and the explicit dimensions ranged from natural observations to the open road in relation to each driver’s cognition. Each driver’s cognition revealed a methodological approach, defined as “experimental continuum.”
This article is beneficial because it informs the reader of certain driving situations, in which cognition is a factor. I found this article alittle hard to follow, since I am not scientifically inclined.