cognitive

Cognitive distraction: the mind drawn off driving by a concurrent mental activity — hands-free phone conversation, talking, mind-wandering — producing inattention blindness and gaze concentration with eyes still forward. Mental-engagement distraction, NOT the general cognitive load of driving itself (mental_demand).

Relevant standards

  • ISO 17488:2016 — Road vehicles — Transport information and control systems — Detection-response task (DRT) for assessing attentional effects of cognitive load in driving
  • ISO/TS 14198:2019 — Road vehicles — Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems — Calibration tasks for methods which assess driver demand due to the use of in-vehicle systems

226 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

  1. Identifying Mind-wandering behind the Wheel · 2009 · He, Jibo et al. · archived
  2. Cognitive Distraction: Something to Think About · 2013 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  3. Cell-Phone–Induced Driver Distraction · 2007 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
  4. Defining Driver Distraction · 2008 · Lee, John et al. · archived
  5. Cognitive Distraction While Multitasking in the Automobile · 2011 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  6. Conversation Disrupts Change Detection in Complex Traffic Scenes · 2004 · McCarley, Jason S. et al. · indexed
  7. Is the Technology in Your Car Driving You to Distraction? · 2015 · Strayer, David L. · archived
  8. Mind Wandering Behind the Wheel · 2011 · He, Jibo et al. · indexed
  9. The prevalence of cognitive disengagement in automobile crashes · 2019 · Wotring, Brian et al. · indexed
  10. Inattention-blindness behind the wheel · 2010 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
  11. Assessing cognitive distraction in the automobile · 2015 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
  12. Towards Operationalizing Driver Distraction · 2013 · Foley, James P et al. · archived
  13. Simulator Study of Involuntary Driver Distraction Under Different Perceptual Loads · 2017 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · indexed
  14. Heatmap-Based Method for Estimating Drivers' Cognitive Distraction · 2020 · Musabini, Antonyo et al. · archived
  15. Detecting driver distraction · 2018 · Liang, Yulan · archived
  16. Cell phone-induced failures of visual attention during simulated driving · 2003 · Drews, Frank A. et al. · archived
  17. What do drivers fail to see when conversing on a cell phone? · 2004 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
  18. Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile II · 2014 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
  19. Detecting and Quantifying Mind Wandering during Simulated Driving · 2017 · Baldwin, Carryl L. et al. · archived
  20. Passenger and cell phone conversations in simulated driving. · 2008 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  21. The Mind-Wandering Phenomenon While Driving: A Systematic Review · 2025 · Voinea, Gheorghe-Daniel et al. · indexed
  22. Shifting Eyes and Thinking Hard Keep Us in Our Lanes · 2009 · Cooper, Joel M. et al. · indexed
  23. Driving Under Involuntary Distraction and Varied Perceptual Loads · 2016 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · indexed
  24. On working memory and a productivity illusion in distracted driving. · 2016 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
  25. Multitasking in the Automobile · 2006 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  26. Talking on the Phone While Driving: A Literature Review on Driving Simulator Studies · 2022 · Boboc, Răzvan Gabriel et al. · indexed
  27. Driver Distraction: Eye Glance Analysis and Conversation Workload · 2015 · Hickman, Jeffrey S. et al. · archived
  28. Modeling Driver Distraction from Cognitive Tasks · 2019 · Salvucci, Dario D. · indexed
  29. Conversation Disrupts Visual Scanning of Traffic Scenes · 2001 · McCarley, Jason S. et al. · indexed
  30. Driver distraction : a review of the literature · 2007 · Kircher, Katja · indexed
  31. Brain activity during driving with distraction: an immersive fMRI study · 2013 · Schweizer, Tom A. et al. · indexed
  32. Lane Keeping Under Cognitive Load · 2013 · He, Jibo et al. · indexed
  33. Defining Driver Distraction · 2005 · Pettitt, Michael et al. · indexed
  34. How does mind-wandering affect distractor suppression? · 2024 · Zhang, Han et al. · indexed
  35. How Does Mind-wandering Affect Distractor Suppression? · 2023 · Zhang, Han et al. · indexed
  36. Effects of Passenger and Cellular Phone Conversations on Driver Distraction · 2004 · Laberge, Jason et al. · indexed
  37. Leading to distraction: Driver distraction, lead car, and road environment · 2016 · Kountouriotis, Georgios K. et al. · indexed
  38. Passenger and cell phone conversations in simulated driving · 2004 · Drews, Frank A. et al. · archived
  39. Minimum Required Attention: A Human-Centered Approach to Driver Inattention · 2017 · Kircher, Katja et al. · indexed
  40. 765 The impact of mind wandering on road safety · 2016 · Galéra, Cédric et al. · indexed
  41. Driver Distraction and Inattention: A Queuing Theory Approach · 2017 · Senders, John W. · indexed
  42. Profiles in cell phone-induced driver distraction · 2011 · Strayer, DL et al. · indexed
  43. The restless mind. · 2006 · Smallwood, Jonathan et al. · indexed
  44. Blink Rate as a Measure of Driver Workload during Simulated Driving · 2020 · Yahoodik, Sarah et al. · indexed
  45. Driver Distraction Injury Prevention Countermeasures‚ÄîPart 2 · 2008 · Regan, Michael et al. · archived
  46. Driven to distraction · 2015 · Strayer, DL et al. · indexed
  47. The crosstalk hypothesis: Why language interferes with driving. · 2012 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  48. NHTSA DRIVER DISTRACTION RESEARCH: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE · 2001 · Ranney, Thomas A. et al. · indexed
  49. NHTSA DRIVER DISTRACTION RESEARCH: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE · 2001 · Ranney, Thomas A. et al. · indexed
  50. The Role of Driver Distraction in Traffic Crashes · 2001 · Stutts, Jane C. et al. · archived
  51. Distracted Driving Due to Visual Working Memory Load · 2014 · Mordkoff, J. Toby et al. · archived
  52. The role of driver distraction in traffic crashes · 2001 · Stutts, Jane C. et al. · archived
  53. A Scoping Study on Driver’s Perspective of Distracting Factors · 2021 · Al-Rousan, Taleb M. et al. · indexed
  54. Factors related to drivers' perception of interference from in-vehicle activities · 2010 · Horrey, William J. et al. · indexed
  55. The Relative Risks of Secondary Task Induced Driver Distraction · 2008 · Dingus, Thomas A. et al. · indexed
  56. Hierarchical control and driving. · 2013 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
  57. Modeling simple driving tasks with a one-boundary diffusion model · 2013 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
  58. Driver distraction: A review of the literature · 2003 · Young, Kristie L. et al. · indexed
  59. Driver distraction: A review of the literature · 2003 · Young, Kristie L. et al. · indexed
  60. Susceptibility to Driver Distraction Questionnaire · 2014 · Feng, Jing et al. · archived
  61. Detecting Driver Distraction · 2018 · Eskenazi, Maxine et al. · archived
  62. Interference between concurrent tasks of driving and telephoning. · 1969 · Brown, I D et al. · indexed
  63. Driver Inattention: A Contributing Factor to Crashes and Near-Crashes · 2005 · Klauer, Sheila G. et al. · indexed
  64. Cognitive workload using interactive voice messaging systems · 2016 · Coleman, JR et al. · indexed
  65. The effects of mobile telephoning on driving performance · 1991 · Brookhuis, Karel et al. · archived
  66. B-88 * Neurocognitive Correlates of Driving Behavior · 2014 · Kosmidis, M. et al. · indexed
  67. Measuring Inhibitory Control in Driver Distraction · 2014 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · indexed
  68. Evaluating the Impact of Processing Spoken Words on Driving · 2012 · Rossi, Riccardo et al. · indexed
  69. Hierarchical Control and Driving · 2013 · Medeiros-Ward, Nathan · indexed
  70. Attention, Distraction, and Cognitive Control Under Load · 2010 · Lavie, Nilli · indexed
  71. Reconceptualizing mind wandering from a switching perspective · 2022 · Wong, Yi-Sheng et al. · archived
  72. Distracted Driving in Teens with and without ADHD · 2010 · Stavrinos, Despina · archived
  73. Driver Distraction Detection Methods: A Literature Review and Framework · 2021 · Kashevnik, Alexey et al. · archived
  74. Reconceptualizing mind wandering from a switching perspective · 2021 · Wong, Yi-Sheng et al. · indexed
  75. Driving without a Clue · 2007 · Muttart, Jeffrey W. et al. · indexed
  76. DRIVER INATTENTION · 2004 · Richard, TAY et al. · indexed
  77. Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile · 2013 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
  78. Are child occupants a significant source of driving distraction? · 2011 · Koppel, Sjaan et al. · indexed
  79. Roadside advertising and the distraction of driver’s attention · 2017 · Adam, Tarnowski et al. · archived
  80. A New Protocol to Study Mind-Wandering for Air Traffic Controllers · 2023 · Servais, Anaïs et al. · archived
  81. Assessing cognitive distraction using event related potentials · 2015 · Coleman, JR et al. · indexed
  82. Government and Industry Perspectives on Driver Distraction · 2008 · Tingvall, Claes et al. · indexed
  83. Driving impairs talking · 2010 · Becic, Ensar et al. · archived
  84. Cell Phones and Driving Performance: A Meta-Analysis · 2004 · Horrey, William J. et al. · indexed
  85. Driver Distraction: Mechanisms, Evidence, Prevention, and Mitigation · 2023 · Regan, Michael A. et al. · archived
  86. The impact of speech-based assistants on the driver's cognitive distraction · 2022 · Loew, Alexandra et al. · indexed
  87. Assessing Driver Distraction from Cell Phone Use · 2006 · Schattler, Kerrie L. et al. · indexed
  88. Cell Phone Conversation while Driving · 2015 · Nurullah, Abu Sadat · indexed
  89. A Theoretical Field-Analysis of Automobile-Driving · 1938 · Gibson, James J. et al. · indexed
  90. Cocktail Party Effect& Attention Capture in Semi-Autonomous Driving · 2013 · Tobias, Crystal et al. · archived
  91. Passenger-Driver Distinguishing Test for Pokémon Go · 2017 · Khanade, Kunal et al. · archived
  92. Mind wandering and selective attention to the external world. · 2015 · Handy, Todd C. et al. · indexed
  93. The attentional cost of receiving a cell phone notification. · 2015 · Stothart, Cary et al. · indexed
  94. Cell-phone use diminishes self-awareness of impaired driving · 2015 · Strayer, David L. · archived
  95. Cell Phone-Related Near Accidents Among Young Drivers: Associations With Mindfulness · 2015 · Terry, Christopher P. et al. · indexed
  96. When the Brain Takes a Break: A Model-Based Analysis of Mind Wandering · 2014 · Mittner, Matthias et al. · archived
  97. Review of real-time visual driver distraction detection algorithms · 2010 · Ahlström, Christer et al. · indexed
  98. Detection of Driving Distractions and Their Impacts · 2023 · Shajari, Arian et al. · indexed
  99. Applied Attention Theory · 2019 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
  100. Cognitive load affects gaze dynamics during real-world tasks · 2025 · Martinez-Cedillo, Astrid Priscilla et al. · archived
  101. Detecting driver distraction using stimuli-response EEG analysis · 2019 · Bajwa, Garima et al. · archived
  102. Attenuation of deep semantic processing during mind wandering · 2018 · Xu, Judy et al. · indexed
  103. Effect of Distracting Factors on Driving Performance: A Review · 2022 · Sorum, Neero Gumsar et al. · archived
  104. Driver distraction in an unusual environment: Effects of text-messaging in tunnels · 2013 · Rudin-Brown, Christina M. et al. · indexed
  105. Examining the association between vigilance and mind wandering · 2025 · Schwartzman, Brooke et al. · archived
  106. Distraction and Inattention Countermeasure Technologies · 2011 · Victor, Trent · indexed
  107. Oculometric variations during mind wandering · 2014 · Grandchamp, Romain et al. · indexed
  108. The hyperaccessibility of suppressed thoughts. · 1992 · Wegner, Daniel M. et al. · indexed