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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2016.34.6.560

The Analysis of Driving Workload and Gamma Waves on Curved Sections in Expressway  

KANG, Xuejian (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Wonkwong University)
NAMGUNG, Moon (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Wonkwong University)
KIM, Won Chul (Department of Regional & Urban Research, Chungnam Institute, Chungnam Institute)
WANG, Weijie (Colleng of Transportation Science & Engineering, Nanjing Tech University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.34, no.6, 2016 , pp. 560-569 More about this Journal
Abstract
Previous studies show that driver mental workload plays a significant role in the occurrence of traffic accidents. This study also analyzes driving workload under different road conditions especially with the brain wave data collected by a driving simulator. We use a logistic regression model to explain the relationship between driving workload and gamma brain waves. The results show that beta band of brain waves becomes broader with more curved sections while alpha band and gamma band become narrower. Since driving workload is negatively correlated with gamma band, it can be concluded that driving condition with less curved section is beneficial for reducing driving stress and increasing driving comfort.
Keywords
alpha (${\alpha}$) waves; beta (${\beta}$) waves; EEG; gamma (${\gamma}$) waves; road condition; workload;
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