Mind the road: attention related neuromarkers during automated and manual simulated driving captured with a new mobile EEG sensor system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decline in vigilance due to fatigue is a common concern in traffic safety. Partially automated driving (PAD) systems can aid driving but decrease the driver's vigilance over time, due to reduced task engagement. Mobile EEG solutions can obtain neural information while operating a vehicle. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the behavior and brain activity associated with vigilance (i.e., alpha, beta and theta power) differs between PAD and manual driving, as well as changes over time, and how these effects can be detected using two different EEG systems.

Methods

Twenty-eight participants performed two 1-h simulated driving tasks, while wearing both a standard 24 channel EEG cap and a newly developed, unobtrusive and easy to apply 10 channel mobile EEG

SUBMITTER: Scanlon JEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11937089 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature