Traffic Psychology
My research interest in Traffic Psychology are: perception, brake reaction time, attention and scanning patterns towards potential hazards while driving, youth and un/expert drivers. Racing videogames study and driving simulation for prevention and teaching optimization.
2014-2015:
Working at the Driving Evaluation, Education, and Research Center at Central Michigan University, USA
on Visual attention, texting and driving, video games effects anddriving assessment.
more info: https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/chsbs/Psychology/Centers/DEER/Pages/default.aspx
The aim of the project is to study a particular driving behavior that is brake reaction time. We know that drugs, alcohol and cognitive loads like secondary tasks can affect brake reaction times. But what are the psychological factors in ordinary driving that lead to slow reaction in front of danger?
The role of expectations, decision making process, visual and risk perception is investigated in this project. A specific driving task is tested, comparing reaction times in real driving scenario and in a virtual setting, in order to create a database that can be used to study Multimodal Interaction and eventually validate virtual training.
The Project has been selected as runner-up at Doctoral Consortium ICMI 2012, 14th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, Oct 22-26, Santa Monica, CA.
Main News:
.: 2015 Pubblication
on Accident Analysis & Prevention
D. Ruscio, M.R. Ciceri, F BIassoni (2015). How does a collision warning system shape driver's brake response time? The influence of expectancy and automation complacency on real-life emergency braking
Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 77, April 2015, Pages 72–81 (link)
.: 2014 News
Postdoc at the Driving Evaluation, Education, and Research Center at Central Michigan University.
.: 2014 Pubblication
on Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
M.Ciceri, D. Ruscio (2014). Does driving experience in video games count? Hazard anticipation and visual exploration of male gamers as function of driving experience? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Volume 22, January 2014, Pages 76–85 (link)
.: 2013 News
Daniele Ruscio, "Influence of Mental Models on Reaction Times" at Forschungskolloquium Verkehrspsychologie (Research colloquium on Traffic Psychology), TU Technische Universität - Dresden. December 10th 2013.
.: 2013 Poster Session
Daniele Ruscio, "Attention and Decision Making Process While Driving: The Influence of Drivers' Expectations towards Potential Dangers". Poster Session at Rovereto Attention Workshop -RAW 2013. Rovereto 24-26 Ottobre 2013.
.: 2012 Oral presentation
At the Doctoral Consortium and a poster presentation alla 14th ACM International Conferenceon Multimodal Interaction , Santa Monica, CA (USA). My presentation: Simulating Real Danger, is published in the Proceedings of the ICMI'12 Multimodal Conference and at the ACM Digital Library (click here) ( 20-26 October 2012)
.: 2012 Oral Presentation
at 5th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, at Groningen (NL) with the contribute: Real-life driver reactions time to danger as a function of situational and driver-centered variables. (28-31 August 2012)
.: 2012 Oral Presentation
at 11th Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2012 Workshop: Emotion in Games for learning, a Chania, Creta, Grecia with: Learning Racing Emotions: Empowerment of risk perception while playing racing videogames (14-18 June 2012)
.: 2012 Invited Lesson
"Simulatori di guida: dimensione psicologica dell'interazione" at Corso di Perfezionamento in Psicologia del Traffico, II Edizione (8 June 2012)
.: 2012 Poster Session
at the 5th Vienna Games Conference (FROG11) - Applied Playfulness. Competence, Media & Sociability of Play (21-23 Ottobre 2011) with my Poster "Skilled in the Videogames, Skilled on the Road?"
.: 2011 Speaker at the International Workshop: "In-Sicurezza Stradale" - Università Cattolica di Milano (11 Giugno 2011)
.: 2011 Collaboration with Centro Studi e Ricerche - Locarno (CH) for perception-brake time response on real-car driving data analysis in function of levels of alert (April-May 2011)
.: 2011 Partecipazione al Seminario "Comunicazione e Sicurezza Stradale" 2010/12/11
.: 2010 Rilevazione esplorazione visiva e intervento sulla Percezione rischio presso Liceo Scientifico Luigi Cremona (Milano)
.: 2010 Convegno 5 Marzo '10: Emergenza Strada - Evento - Brochure
.: 2010 Tutor d'aula del Primo Corso di perfezionamento in Psicologia del Traffico
.: 2009 Abstract Tesi Laurea Magistrale
More Info at:
Unatà di Ricerca Psicologia del Traffico
Laboratorio Psicologia della Comunicazione
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