Effect of Partially Automated Driving on Mental Workload, Visual Behavior and Engagement in Nondriving-Related Tasks: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this meta-analysis is to investigate the effect of partial automation on mental workload, visual behavior, and engagement in nondriving-related tasks.

Background

The literature on the human factors of operating partially automated driving offers mixed findings. While some studies show partial driving automation to result in suboptimal mental workload, others found it to impose similar levels of workload to the ones observed during manual driving. Likewise, while some studies evidence a marked increase in off-road glances when the automated system was engaged, other work has failed to replicate this pattern.

Method

41 studies involving 1482 participants were analyzed using the PRISMA approach.

Results

No significant differences in mental wo

SUBMITTER: Vasta N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329158 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature