Publications

DGT reports

Szot, A.C., Laffarga, L., Castro, C, & Rodríguez-Bailón, M. (2024).  Elaboración de un protocolo de valoración de conductores que han sufrido un accidente cerebrovascular. https://www.dgt.es/export/sites/web-DGT/.galleries/downloads/nuestros_servicios/informes-medicos/Protocolo-de-valoracion-para-conductores-con-accidente-cerebrovascular.pdf

Castro, C., Doncel, P., Szot, A.C., Laffarga, L., Salazar-Frías, D.,  Dinu, A.I. & Rodríguez-Bailón, M. (2024). Estudio del efecto de las condiciones Psicofísicas sobre la Seguridad Vial. (Database records form the last procedure that drivers completed at a CRC during the decade from 2012 to 2022). https://www.dgt.es/export/sites/web-DGT/.galleries/downloads/conoce_la_dgt/que-hacemos/conocimiento-e-investigacion/Informe-Condiciones-Psicofisicas-sobre-la-Seguridad-Vial_22_Julio_2024.pdf 

Castro, C., Peña-Suárez, E, Ventsislavova, P., Gugliotta, A.A., García-Fernández, P., Roca, J., Padilla, J.L. y Crundall, D.. (2013). Validación del Test de Percepción de Peligros: Sensibilidad al entrenamiento mediante comentarios instructivos. Validación del Test de Percepción de Peligros 

Castro, C., Padilla, J.L., Benítez, I, García-Fernández, P., Estévez, B., López-Ramón, M.F., Roca, J., y Crundall, D. (2012). Hazard Percepcion (HP): Aproximación Inicial a la Tarea de Detección de Peligros durante la conducción en el contexto español.  https://www.dgt.es/export/sites/web-DGT/.galleries/downloads/conoce_la_dgt/que-hacemos/conocimiento-e-investigacion/8_Hazard_Perception.pdf

Research  Articles

Salazar-Frías, D., Ortiz-Peregrina, S., Martino, F., Castro-Torres, J.J., Clavijo-Ruiz, J. & Castro, C.*^ (2025). Do older drivers (65+) exhibit significant impairments in hazard prediction and attentional processes?  Accident Analysis and Prevention, 108182.  DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2025.108182 ISSN: 0001-4575 Q1. IF: 6.2  Open Access 

Castro, C.*^, J.L., Salazar-Frías D , Szot A.C., Laffarga L., Muela, I., Rodríguez-Bailon, M., García-Fernández, P., Eisman, E. & Chica, A. (2025), Using the Orienting Hazard Prediction Test to assess fitness-to-drive: Data from stroke survivors. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 70076  https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70076 Q2 I.F.: 2.1 Open Access 

Castro, C..*^, Padilla, F.M., Trógolo, M.A., Doncel, P. & Dinu, A.I. (2025).  Patterns of substance use among non-offender drivers: Associations with demographics, aberrant driving behaviors, and near-collisions. Traffic Injury Prevention,  DOI: 10.1080/10.1080/15389588.2025.2507667  ISSN 1538-9588 Q1 IF: 1.9

Padilla, F. M., Trógolo, M.A. & Castro, C.*^.  (2025).  Two Drinks and Drive: Assessing the Average Driver's Ability to Self-restrain from Alcohol and Drug Use While Driving. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 31, 101391 DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2025.101391 ISSN: 2590-1982  Q2 IF: 3,8 Open Access

Castro, C.*^, J.L., Salazar-Frías D , Szot A.C., Laffarga, L.  & Rodríguez-Bailon, M.  (2024). Hazard prediction and risky decision-making by drivers affected by non-hemineglect strokes Transportation Research Part F. Traffic Psychology & Behaviour,  105, 473-490  DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2024.07.029 ISSN: 1369-8478 Q1 IF: 4.4 Open Access

Castro, C.*^, Doncel,  P., Ledesma, R.D., Montes, S., Barragan, D., Oviedo-Trespalacios, O., Bianchi, A., Kauer, N., Qu, W & Padilla, J.L. (2024). Measurement invariance of the driving inattention scale (ARDES) across 7 countries. Accident, Analysis & Prevention, 195,  DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107412 107412 ISSN: 0001-4575 Q1. IF: 6.2.  Open Access

Padilla, J. L., Sánchez, N., Doncel, P., Navarro-González, M.C., Taubman – Ben -Ari, O. & Castro, C.*^ (2023).  The young male driving problem: Relationship betwen Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles. Transportation Research Part F. Traffic Psychology & Behaviour,  98,141-156  DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2023.09.006 ISSN: 1369-8478 Q2 IF: 4.1 Open Access

Doncel, P., Trógolo, M., Castro, C.*^, Ledesma, R.D., Taubman–Ben-Ari, 0., Blanch, M.T.  &  Padilla, J.L. (2023). Parenting in the context of driving:  Spanish adaptation of the Family Climate for Road Safety (FCRSS) for parents and children. Accident, Analysis & Prevention. 107276 Q1 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107276 ISSN: 0001-4575 Q1. IF: 5.9 Open Access

Ledesma, R.D.*, Padilla, J.L. Tosi, J.D., Sánchez, N. & Castro, C.*^ (2023). Motorcycle rider error and engagement in distracting activities: A study using the Attention-Related Driving Errors Scale (ARDES-M).  Accident Analysis & Prevention, 107069  DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107069  ISSN: 0001-4575 Q1. IF: 5.9 Open Access

Castro, C.*^, Doncel, P., Dinu, A.I. & Padilla, F.  (2023).  Strong predictors of offender drivers: drug and alcohol addiction and the inability to dissociate binge alcohol or drug consumption from driving. Revoking their driver’s licence may not be enough. Transportation Research Part F. Traffic Psychology & Behaviour,  92, 337-352  DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2022.12.002 ISSN: 1369-8478 Q2 IF: 4.1 Open Access

Ventsislavova, P.*, Crundall, D., García-Fernández, P. & Castro, C.*^ (2021). Assessing willingness to engage in risky driving behaviour using naturalistic driving footage: the role of age and gender.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (19): 10227. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph181910227  ISSN 1661-7827  Q1  IF: 4.614

Castro, C.*^ Ventsislavova, P., García-Fernandez, P. & Crundall, D. (2021). Risky Decision Making and Hazard Prediction are negatively related and could be assessed independently using driving footage. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 14, 857-876 DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S305979 ISSN: 1179-1578 Q2 IF: 2.030 

Ledesma, R.D., Ferrando; P.J., Trógolo, M.A., Poó; F.M, Tosi, J.D., & Castro, C. (2021). Exploratory factor analysis in transportation research: current practices and recommendations. Transportation Research Part F.: Traffic Psychology & Behaviour, 78, 340-352 DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2021.02.021 ISSN: 1369-8478 Q1 IF: 4.349

Muela I, Chica A, Garcia-Fernandez P, & Castro C.*^ (2021). Visual attention in realistic driving situations: Attentional capture and Hazard Prediction.  Applied Ergonomics, 89, 103235. DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103235 ISSN: 0003-6870 Q1 IF: 3.145

Castro, C.*^, Muela, I., Doncel, P. & Garcia-Fernandez, P. (2020). Hazard Perception and Prediction test for walking, riding a bike and driving a car: “Understanding of the global traffic situation”. PLoS ONE 15(10): e0238605, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238605 ISNN 1932-6203 Q1 IF: 2.71

Padilla, J.L, Castro, C.*^, Doncel, P. & Taubman – Ben-Ari, O. (2020). Adaptation of the multidimensional driving styles inventory for Spanish drivers: Convergent and predictive validity evidence for detecting safe and unsafe driving styles. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 136, 105413, DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2019.105413 ISSN:0001-4575 Q1. IF: 3.655

Castro, C.*, Padilla, J.L., Doncel, P., García-Fernández, P., Ventislavova, P, Eisman, E., & Crundall, D. (2019). How are Distractibility and Hazard Prediction in driving related? Role of driving experience as moderating factor.  Applied Ergonomics, 81, 102886, DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102886 ISSN:0003-6870 Q1 IF: 3.145

Ventsislavova, P., Crundall, D., Baguely, T. Castro, C., Gugliotta, A., Garcia-Fernandez, P. Zhang, W. Ba, Y., Li, Q. (2019). A comparison of hazard perception and hazard prediction test across China, Spain and the UK. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 122, 268-286 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.10.010 ISSN:0001-4575 Q1 IF: 3.058

Roca, J., García-Fernández, P., Castro, C. & Lupianez, J. (2018). The moderating effects of vigilance on other components of attentional functioning. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 308(1), 151-161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.07.019 ISSN: 0165-0270 Q2 IF: 2.668

Padilla, J.L., Doncel, P., Gugliotta, A. & Castro, C.* (2018). Which drivers are at risk? Factors that determine the profile of the reoffender driver, Accident, Analysis and Prevention, 119, 237-247. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.07.021 ISSN:0001-4575 Q1 IF: 3.058

Gugliotta, A, Peña-Suárez, E., Ventsislavova, P., Garcia-Fernandez, P., Eisman, E., Crundall, D. y Castro, C.*^ (2017). Are Situation Awareness and Decision-Making in driving totally conscious processes? Results of a Hazard Prediction task. Transportation Research, Part F, 44, 168-179. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.11.005 ISSN: 1369-8478 Q2 IF 1.935

Peña-Suárez, E., Padilla, J.L, Ventsislavova, P., Roca, J., López-Ramón, M.F., & Castro, C.^ (2016). Assessment of proneness to distraction: English adaptation and validation of the Attention Related Driving Errors Scale (ARDES) and cross-cultural equivalence. Transportation Research Part F: 43, 357-365 DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.09.004. ISSN: 1369-8478 Q2 IF 1.444

Castro, C.*^, Ventsislavova, P, Peña-Suarez, E. Gugliotta, A., Garcia-Fernandez, P. Eisman, E., & Crundall, D. (2016). Proactive listening to a training commentary improves hazard prediction, Safety Science, 82, 144-154 DOI:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.09.018. ISNN: 0925-7535 Q1 IF 2.157

Ventsislavova, P. Gugliotta, A., Peña-Suarez, E., Garcia-Fernandez, P., Eisman, E., Crundall, D. & Castro, C.* (2016). What happens when drivers face hazards on the road? Accident, Analysis and Prevention, 91, 43-54 DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2016.02.013 ISSN:0001-4575 Q1 IF; 2.07

Castro, C.*^, Padilla, J.L., Roca, J., Benitez, I, Garcia-Fernandez, P, Estevez, B, Lopez-Ramon, M.F. & Crundall, D. (2014). Development and validation of the Spanish hazard perception test. Traffic, injury and Prevention, 15(8): 817-826 DOI:10.1080/15389588.2013.879125. ISNN: 1538-9588 Q2 IF: 1,232

Roca, J.; Lupiáñez, J.; López-Ramón, M.F.; & Castro, C.^ (2013). Are drivers' attentional lapses associated with the functioning of neurocognitive attentional networks and with cognitive failure in everyday life? Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 17, 98-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2012.10.005 ISSN: 1369-8478 Q2 IF: 1.483

Roca, J.; Crundall, D.; Moreno-Ríos, S.; Castro, C.^ & Lupiáñez, J. (2013). The influence of differences in the functioning of the neurocognitive attentional networks on drivers' performance, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 50, 1193-1206. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.032 ISSN: 0001-4575 Q1 IF: 2.571

Roca, J.; Padilla, J.L.; López-Ramón, F.M.; Castro, C.^ & Lupiáñez, J. (2013). Assessing individual differences in driving inattention: Adaptation and validation of the Attention-Related to Driving Errors Scale, Transportation Research, F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 21, 43-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2013.09.001 Q2 IF 1,482

Roca, J.; Fuentes, L.; Marotta, A.; López-Ramón, M.F.; Castro, C.^ Lupiáñez, J.; & Martella, D. (2012). The effects of sleep deprivation on the attentional functions and vigilance, Acta Psychologica, 140(2), 164-176. DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.03.007 ISSN: 0001-6918 Q2 IF: 2.248

Roca, J.; Castro, C.^; Bueno, M.; & Moreno-Ríos, S. (2012). A driving-emulation task to study the integration of goals with obligatory and prohibitory traffic signs, Applied Ergonomics, 43(1),.81-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.03.010 ISSN:0003-6870 ISSN: 0003-6870 Q1 IF: 1.728.

Roca, J.; Castro, C.^; López-Ramón, M.F.; & Lupiáñez, J. (2011). Measuring vigilance while assessing the functioning of the three attentional networks: The ANTI-Vigilance task, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 198(2), 312-324. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.014. ISSN: 0165-0270 Q3 IF: 1.980

López-Ramón, M.F.; Castro, C.^ Roca, J.; Ledesma, R.; & Lupiáñez, J. (2011). Attentional Networks Functioning, Age, and Attentional Lapses While Driving, Traffic Injury Prevention, 12(5), 518-528. DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.588295 ISSN: 1 538-9588 Q3 IF: 1.079

Vargas, C., Moreno-Ríos, S., Castro, C.^, & Underwood, G. (2011). Encoding time and signs exposure time in the representation of diagrammatic deontic meanings. Acta Psychologica, 137(1), 106-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.006 ISSN: 0001-6918 Q2 IF 2.5

Castro, C.*^, Moreno-Ríos, S., Tornay, F.J. & Vargas, C. (2008). Mental representations of obligatory and prohibitory traffic signs. Acta Psychologica, 129(1), 8-17. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.006 ISSN: 0001-6918 Q2 IF 2.248

Castro, C.*, Martinez, C., Tornay, F.J. Garcia-Fernandez, P., & Martos, F.J. (2005). Vehicle distance estimations in nighttime driving: a real-setting study, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 8(1) 31-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2004.12.001 ISSN: 1369-8478-8478 

Previous academic publications

Horbery, T., Garcia-Fernandez, P, Ventsislavova, P. & Castro, C. (2013) Initial development of psychological road audits: Combining human factors, safe design and traffic psychology. 49th Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Conference 2013, HFESA 2013, 2013, 018

Vargas, C., Castro, C., Martos, F.J., & Trujillo, H.M. (2012). Knowledge of Traffic Rules According to the Age and the Importance for Road Safety | Conocimiento de las normas de tráfico en función de la edad y de la importancia para la seguridad vial. Universitas Psychologica, 2012, 11(4), pp. 1277–1289

Castro; C. Vargas. C. H. M. Trujillo, Martos, F.J. & García-Fernández (2012). How to evaluate the accident data for older drivers? Age, gender and gravity of accidents: a new estimation of driving frequency based on litres of fuel consumed. Securitas Vialis, 3, 87–94 DOI: 10.1007/S12615-012-9048-X

Castro, C., Crundall, D., Chapman, P., Trawley, S & Underwood, G. (2010). Un-experienced vs. Experienced drivers. Limitations of human Attention. An analysis of their three attentional networks. Driver Distraction. http://www.chalmers.se/safer/driverdistraction-en/programme/documentation

Cantón, C., Durán, M. & Castro, C. (2010). Driving and aging | Conducción y envejecimiento. Revista Española de GeriatrÌa y GerontologÌa, 45, 30-37

Durán, M., Cantón, D., & Castro, C. (2009). Changing Patterns in Women's Driving. Patrones de cambio en la conducción de las mujeres. International Journal of Psychological Research, 2(1), 54-66

Castro, C., Durón, M, & Cantón, D. (2006). La conducción vista por los Psicólogos Cognitivos. Boletín de Psicología, 87, 35-60

Castro, C., Martínez, C., Tornay, F.J., Fernández, P.G., & Martos, F.J. (2005). Vehicle distance estimations in night time driving: A real-setting study. Transportation Research: Part F: Traffic Psychology & Behavior, 8, 31-45.

Castro, C. (2005). Dispositivos Informativos Visuales y Señales de Tráfico. Boletín de Psicología, 81, 69-87.

Castro, C., Horberry, T.J., Tornay, F, Martinez, C. & Martos, F.J. (2003). Repetition and Semantic priming effects when recognizing indication and warning signs. Cognitiva, 15 (1), 19-32. DOI: 10.1174/021435503762800923

Castro, C., Tornay, F.J., & Martos, F.J. (2001). Eficacia de las señales de tráfico: Factores que influencian su percepción [Traffic Signs Effectiveness. Factors that influence its perception]. Boletín de Psicología, 73, 57-80.

Castro, C., Horberry, T.J. & Gale, A.G. (1999). The Effects of Semantic Priming and Repetition Priming on Traffic Sign Recognition. Vision in Vehicles VIII.

Castro, C., Martos, F.J., MartÌnez, C., Tornay, F., & Fernández, P.G. (1999). Distance estimation during Night Driving. Vision in Vehicles VIII.

Castro, C., & Martos, F.J. (1998). Effect of background complexity in perception of traffic signs: The distracting effect of advertisements in the vicinity of the sign. General Psychology: Mental Architectures, *, 143-153.

Castro, C., & Martos, F.J. (1997). Aportaciones de la Psicología a la Seguridad Vial: Una revisión de las áreas más importantes. Boletín de Psicología, 54, 25-52.

Castro, C., & Martos, F.J. (1996). Influencia de la percepción de las señales de tráfico en la respuesta del conductor. [Influence of Traffic Signs Perception on the driver’s response]. Boletín de Psicología, 50, 7-35.

Castro, C., & Martos, F.J. (1995). Effect of the size, number and position of traffic signs mounted on the same post. Scientific Contributions to General Psychology, 13, 89-1006.

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