vigilance

Vigilance and the sustained-attention decrement in driving: the decline in detecting rare, infrequent events (a hazard, lead-vehicle braking) over a long monotonous drive. Sustained monitoring of low-event environments and the vigilance decrement — an attentional failure, distinct from sleepiness (drowsiness), discrete sleep events (microsleep), and prior sleep loss (sleep_deprivation).

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

1. The vigilance decrement: its first 75 years · 2025 · Klein, Raymond M. et al. · archived
2. Memory Load and Event Rate Control Sensitivity Decrements in Sustained Attention ↗ · 1979 · Parasuraman, Raja · indexed
3. Beyond detection rate: understanding the vigilance decrement using signal detection theory · 2025 · Skinner, Henri Etel et al. · archived
4. Covert Orienting of Attention Controls Vigilance Decrement at Low Event Rate ↗ · 1994 · Bahri, Toufik · indexed
5. Underload on the Road: Measuring Vigilance Decrements During Partially Automated Driving · 2021 · McWilliams, Thomas et al. · archived
6. The Vigilance Decrement Reflects Limitations in Effortful Attention, Not Mindlessness ↗ · 2003 · Grier, Rebecca A. et al. · indexed
7. Potential for driver attention monitoring system development · 1985 · Bishop, H. et al. · archived
8. The role of memory representation in the vigilance decrement · 2004 · Caggiano, Daniel M. et al. · archived
9. Vigilance Decrement During On-Road Partially Automated Driving Across Four Systems · 2023 · Strayer, David L. · archived
10. Modeling the Vigilance Decrement in a Two-Boundary Signal Detection Task ↗ · 2026 · Hankey, Kayla R. et al. · indexed
11. Engaging the human operator: a review of the theoretical support for the vigilance decrement and a discussion of practical applications ↗ · 2019 · Neigel, Alexis R. et al. · indexed
12. Adaptive Measurement of Vigilance Decrement ↗ · 1973 · Wiener, Earl L. · indexed
13. The degradation on task goal representations in the vigilance decrement · 2010 · ARIGA, Atsunori et al. · archived
14. Potential for driver attention monitoring system development · 1984 · NHTSA · archived
15. Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity and Subjective State as Indices of Resource Utilization during Sustained Driving ↗ · 2008 · Reinerman, Lauren E. et al. · indexed
16. Mapping between cognitive theories and psycho-physiological models of attention system performance ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver A et al. · indexed
17. Driver inattention and highway safety · 1985 · Sussman, E. D. et al. · archived
18. Role of Monotonous Attention in Traffic Violations, Errors, and Accidents · 2001 · Sümer, Nebi et al. · archived
19. Potential Benefits and Costs of Concurrent Task Engagement to Maintain Vigilance · 2011 · Atchley, Paul et al. · archived
20. The multitasking motorist and the attention economy · 2021 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
21. Using Engagement to Negate Vigilance Decrements in the NextGen Environment ↗ · 2012 · Pop, Vlad L. et al. · indexed
22. Further Evidence That Sleep Deprivation Effects and the Vigilance Decrement Are Functionally Equivalent: Comment on Altmann (2018) ↗ · 2018 · Gunzelmann, Glenn et al. · indexed
23. Vehicle-Based Drowsy Driver Detection: Current Status and Future Prospects · 1994 · Knipling, Ronald R. et al. · archived
24. Vehicle-Based Drowsy Driver Detection: Current Status And Future Prospects · 1994 · NHTSA · archived
25. An Investigation of Factors Affecting Driver Alertness · 1970 · Sussman, E. Donald et al. · archived
26. Analysis of the impact of acoustic stimulation on vigilance decrement and drowsiness on expressways ↗ · 2025 · Shiomi, Yasuhiro et al. · indexed
27. An Assessment of Driver Drowsiness, Distraction, and Performance in a Naturalistic Setting · 2011 · Barr, Lawrence et al. · archived
28. In-Vehicle Drowsy Driving Detection and Alerting [Traffic Tech] · 2023 · Blenner, Jordan A · archived
29. SLEEP DEPRIVATION EFFECTS ON COMPONENTS OF DRIVING BEHAVIOR ↗ · 1958 · Forbes, T. W. et al. · indexed
30. The Effects of Driving Situation on Sleepiness Indicators after Sleep Loss: A Driving Simulator Study · 2009 · ANUND, Anna et al. · archived
31. The Effects of Fatigue and Alcohol on Highway Safety · 1981 · Ryder, Joan M. et al. · archived
32. Vigilance Requires Hard Mental Work and Is Stressful ↗ · 2008 · Warm, Joel S. et al. · indexed
33. Driving Fatigue and Performance among Occupational Drivers in Simulated Prolonged Driving · 2010 · Seen, Kee Sze et al. · archived
34. An Exploration of the Feasibility of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Neurofeedback Cueing System for the Mitigation of the Vigilance Decrement ↗ · 2017 · Hancock, Gabriella M. · indexed
35. Safety in numbers: Target prevalence affects the detection of vehicles during simulated driving · 2014 · Beanland, Vanessa et al. · archived
36. Detection of Driver Fatigue Caused by Sleep Deprivation · 2009 · Yang, Ji Hyun et al. · archived
37. Driver performance in the moments surrounding a microsleep · 2008 · Boyle, LN et al. · archived
38. Analysis of Head Micromovements and Body Posture for Vigilance Decrement Assessment · 2024 · Rossi, Dario et al. · archived
39. <i>Sleep Deprivation and Vigilant Attention</i> ↗ · 2008 · Lim, Julian et al. · indexed
40. Effects of Partial and Total Sleep Deprivation On Driving Performance · 1999 · Peters, Robert D. et al. · archived
41. Exploring Monitoring Systems Data for Driver Distraction and Drowsiness Research ↗ · 2020 · Lobo, António et al. · indexed
42. Precursor Systems Analyses of Automated Highway Systems. Automated Check Out · 1995 · NHTSA · archived
43. Approaches for loss of vigilance in vehicle automation: a meta-analytical study ↗ · 2017 · Gonçalves, Rafael Cirino et al. · indexed
44. Stationary gaze entropy predicts lane departure events in sleep-deprived drivers · 2018 · Shiferaw, Brook et al. · archived
45. Development of a Monitoring System for Driver Readiness in Prolonged Automated Driving · 2024 · Deb, Shuchisnigdha et al. · archived
46. Detecting and Quantifying Mind Wandering during Simulated Driving · 2017 · Baldwin, Carryl L. et al. · archived
47. Task-induced fatigue states and simulated driving performance ↗ · 2002 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
48. Assessment of a drowsy driver warning system for heavy-vehicle drivers : final report · 2009 · Blanco, Myra et al. · archived
49. Effects of sleep deprivation and hazard types on the hazard perception of young novice drivers: An ERP study ↗ · 2024 · Sun, Long et al. · indexed
50. In-vehicle Drowsy Driving Detection and Alerting · 2023 · Gaspar, John G et al. · archived
51. Advanced Driver Fatigue Research · 2008 · NHTSA · archived
52. Effect of road geometry on driver fatigue in monotonous environments: A simulator study ↗ · 2018 · Farahmand, Behzad et al. · indexed
53. No Evidence That Sleep Deprivation Effects and the Vigilance Decrement Are Functionally Equivalent: Comment on Veksler and Gunzelmann (2017) ↗ · 2017 · Altmann, Erik M. · indexed
54. Effects of Secondary Task Demands on Drivers’ Responses to Events During Driving: Surrogate Methods and Issues · 2007 · Angell, Linda S · archived
55. Relation between time to falling asleep behind the wheel on a closed track and changes in subsidiary reaction time during prolonged driving on a motorway ↗ · 1986 · Lisper, Hans–Olof et al. · indexed
56. Neurophysiological Vigilance Characterisation and Assessment: Laboratory and Realistic Validations Involving Professional Air Traffic Controllers · 2020 · Sebastiani, Marika et al. · archived
57. Driving Performance as a Function of Time on the Road ↗ · 1987 · Ranney, Thomas A. et al. · indexed
58. Driving monotonous routes in a train simulator: the effect of task demand on driving performance and subjective experience ↗ · 2012 · Dunn, Naomi et al. · indexed
59. Active and passive fatigue in simulated driving: Discriminating styles of workload regulation and their safety impacts. · 2013 · Saxby, Dyani et al. · archived
60. Functional Equivalence of Sleep Loss and Time on Task Effects in Sustained Attention ↗ · 2017 · Veksler, Bella Z. et al. · indexed
61. Drowsiness and Decision Making During Long Drives: A Driving Simulation Study · 2023 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
62. Wireless and Wearable EEG System for Evaluating Driver Vigilance ↗ · 2014 · Lin, Chin‐Teng et al. · indexed
63. Mind Wandering Behind the Wheel ↗ · 2011 · He, Jibo et al. · indexed
64. Analysis of driver task-related fatigue using driving simulator experiments ↗ · 2011 · Rossi, Riccardo et al. · indexed
65. Hazard perception in novice and experienced drivers: The effects of sleepiness · 2009 · Smith, Simon S. et al. · archived
66. Driving Vigilance Simulator Test · 1990 · Haraldsson, Per‐Olle et al. · archived
67. Driving in States of Fatigue or Stress ↗ · 2011 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
68. Countermeasures to Loss of Alertness in Motor Vehicle Drivers: A Taxonomy and Evaluation ↗ · 1991 · Mackie, Robert R. et al. · indexed
69. Effects of Partial and Total Sleep Deprivation on Driving Performance · 1995 · Peters, Robert D. et al. · archived
70. Examining the association between vigilance and mind wandering · 2025 · Schwartzman, Brooke et al. · archived
71. Can Low Cost Road Engineering Measures Combat Driver Fatigue? A Driving Simulator Investigation · 2009 · Jamson, A Hamish et al. · archived
72. Sustained-attention capacity in young and older adults. ↗ · 1989 · Parasuraman, Raja et al. · indexed
73. The WACDT, a modern vigilance task for network defense ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver A. et al. · indexed
74. Driver fatigue detection : A survey ↗ · 2009 · Coetzer, R.C. et al. · indexed
75. Vehicle-based drowsy driver detection: Current status and future prospects ↗ · 2013 · Knipling, R R et al. · indexed
76. Real-time monitoring of driver cognitive states: linking driving behavior to neural oscillations ↗ · 2026 · Alyan, Emad et al. · indexed
77. Sustained Attention Performance during Sleep Deprivation Associates with Instability in Behavior and Physiologic Measures at Baseline ↗ · 2014 · Chua, Eric Chern-Pin et al. · indexed
78. Automatic and Controlled Processing Approach to Interpreting Vigilance Performance ↗ · 1985 · Fisk, Arthur D. · indexed
79. The effect of three low-cost engineering treatments on driver fatigue: A driving simulator study · 2013 · Merat, Natasha et al. · archived
80. Manipulation specific effects of mental fatigue: Evidence from novelty processing and simulated driving ↗ · 2010 · Massar, Stijn A. A. et al. · indexed
81. Effects of Task-Induced Fatigue in Prolonged Conditional Automated Driving ↗ · 2019 · Jarosch, Oliver et al. · indexed
82. Drowsiness Monitoring By Steering And Lane Data Based Features Under Real Driving Conditions · 2010 · Friedrichs, Fabian · archived
83. Human-Computer Monitoring ↗ · 1987 · Parasuraman, Raja · indexed
84. Fatigue in Simulated Car Driving ↗ · 1972 · DUREMAN, By E. I. et al. · indexed
85. Highly dangerous road hazards are not immune from the low prevalence effect ↗ · 2023 · Song, Jiali et al. · indexed
86. Influence of automation on mind wandering frequency in sustained attention · 2018 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · archived
87. Measuring driving performance by car-following in traffic ↗ · 1994 · BROOKHUIS, KAREL et al. · indexed
88. Evaluation of Training Interventions to Mitigate Effects of Fatigue and Sleepiness on Driving Performance ↗ · 2016 · Hamid, Malek et al. · indexed
89. Vigilance decrement during a simulated general aviation flight ↗ · 2010 · Wiggins, Mark W. · indexed
90. Evaluating Driver Drowsiness Countermeasures · 2017 · Gaspar, John G et al. · archived
91. PERCLOS: A Valid Psychophysiological Measure of Alertness As Assessed by Psychomotor Vigilance · 1998 · NHTSA · archived
92. Decreased Attentional Responsivity During Sleep Deprivation: Orienting Response Latency, Amplitude, and Habituation ↗ · 1997 · McCarthy, Michele E. et al. · indexed
93. Bad Driving Is Associated With Lower Awareness of Driving · 2019 · Sanbonmatsu, David M. et al. · archived
94. Age-Related Changes in the Time Course of Vigilant Attention During 40 Hours Without Sleep in Men ↗ · 2006 · Adam, Martin et al. · indexed
95. Evaluate driver response to active warning system in level-2 automated vehicles ↗ · 2019 · Atwood, Jonathan R. et al. · indexed
96. Effects of Two Levels of Attention Demand on Vigilance Performance under Marihuana ↗ · 1974 · Sharma, Satanand et al. · indexed
97. The Mind-Wandering Phenomenon While Driving: A Systematic Review ↗ · 2025 · Voinea, Gheorghe-Daniel et al. · indexed
98. Simple reaction time, duration of driving and sleep deprivation in young versus old automobile drivers ↗ · 1999 · Philip, Pierre et al. · indexed
99. Identifying changes in EEG information transfer during drowsy driving by transfer entropy ↗ · 2015 · Huang, Chih-Sheng et al. · indexed
100. Predictors of Rapid Deceleration Events among Older Drivers: AAA LongROAD Study · 2020 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
101. Kinesthesia in a sustained-attention driving task · 2014 · Chuang, Chun‐Hsiang et al. · archived
102. An Investigation of Drowsy Lane Departures from Driving Simulator Studies ↗ · 2026 · Schwarz, Chris et al. · indexed
103. Predicting Changes in Driving Safety Performance on an Individualized Level Under Naturalistic Driving Conditions · 2019 · Cavuoto, Lora et al. · archived
104. Directed Brain Network Analysis for Fatigue Driving Based on EEG Source Signals ↗ · 2022 · Qin, Yingmei et al. · indexed
105. Sources of Stress and Boredom in Vigilance ↗ · 1998 · Scerbo, Mark W. · indexed
106. A Strategically Timed Verbal Task Improves Performance and Neurophysiological Alertness During Fatiguing Drives · 2013 · Atchley, Paul et al. · archived
107. Effects of Noise and of Signal Rate upon Vigilance Analysed by Means of Decision Theory ↗ · 1965 · Broadbent, Donald Eric · indexed
108. Vehicle and Highway Adaptations to Compensate for Sleepy Drivers ↗ · 2019 · Howard, Mark E. et al. · indexed
109. It’s Out of Our Hands Now! Effects of Non-Driving Related Tasks During Highly Automated Driving on Drivers’ Fatigue ↗ · 2017 · Jarosch, Oliver et al. · indexed
110. Effect of Active and Passive Fatigue on Performance Using a Driving Simulator ↗ · 2008 · Saxby, Dyani et al. · indexed
111. Driver Fatigue ↗ · 1994 · Brown, I D · indexed
112. Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Glare from following Vehicles on Target Detection in Driving Simulator ↗ · 1996 · Ranney, Thomas A. et al. · indexed
113. Effects of Memory Demand and Motivation on Sustained Attention in Young and Older Adults ↗ · 1996 · Tomporowski, Phillip D. et al. · indexed
114. Automation Detection of Driver Fatigue Using Visual Behavior Variables · 2018 · Yonggang, Wang et al. · archived
115. The Interactive Effects of Extended Wakefulness and Low-dose Alcohol on Simulated Driving and Vigilance · 2007 · Howard, Mark E. et al. · archived
116. Drowsiness and distraction while driving: A study based on smartphone app data ↗ · 2020 · Soares, Sónia et al. · indexed
117. Sleep {middle dot} 5: Driving and automobile crashes in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome ↗ · 2004 · George, C. F. · indexed
118. MEASUREMENT OF HEART RATE TO DETERMINE CAR DRIVERS' PERFORMANCE IMPAIRMENT IN SIMULATED DRIVING: AN OVERVIEW ↗ · 2016 · Ismail, Faizul Rizal et al. · indexed
119. Examining signs of driver sleepiness, usage of sleepiness countermeasures and the associations with sleepy driving behaviours and individual factors · 2015 · Watling, Christopher N. et al. · archived
120. The Effect of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Visual Evoked Potentials in Professional Drivers ↗ · 2008 · Jackson, Melinda L. et al. · indexed
121. Camera-based drowsiness reference for driver state classification under real driving conditions ↗ · 2010 · Friedrichs, Fabian et al. · indexed
122. Development of Game-Like System Using Active Behavior Input for Wakefulness-Keeping Support in Driving · 2020 · Ibe, Tatsuro et al. · archived
123. Can talking on the phone keep the driver awake?: results of a field-study using telephoning as a countermeasure against fatigue while driving ↗ · 2011 · Jellentrup, Nina et al. · indexed
124. A drowsy driver detection system for heavy vehicles ↗ · 2002 · Grace, Richard et al. · indexed
125. Deterioration in Driving Performance During Sleep Deprivation Is Similar in Professional and Nonprofessional Drivers ↗ · 2013 · Howard, Mark E. et al. · indexed
126. A temporal analysis of safety drivers taking back control in public roadway automated driving trials ↗ · 2019 · Corcoran, Nicole et al. · indexed
127. Attention tasks as skills performance measures of drug effects. · 1984 · Moskowitz, H · archived
128. Statistical, Probability and Spectral Analysis of Test Driver Trajectories - 24 Hours Monitoring ↗ · 2016 · Havlíková, Marie et al. · indexed
129. Effects of Driver Fatigue Monitoring – An Expert Survey · 2007 · Karrer, Katja et al. · archived
130. Effects of Driver Task-related Fatigue on Driving Performance ↗ · 2014 · Gastaldi, Massimiliano et al. · indexed
131. Road Characteristics and Driver Fatigue: A Simulator Study ↗ · 2007 · Oron-Gilad, Tal et al. · indexed
132. Variability of Facilitation and Inhibition as a Function of Cue Validity and Cue-Stimulus Intervals in the Orienting of Sustained Attention ↗ · 1997 · Bahri, Toufik · indexed
133. DEVELOPMENT OF A DROWSINESS WARNING SYSTEM ↗ · 1995 · Kaneda, Masayuki et al. · indexed
134. The frequency of mind wandering increases over time during ongoing task performance ↗ · 2023 · Zanesco, Anthony Paul et al. · indexed
135. Pink Elephants on the Road: Visual Illusions and Distortions when Driving during Significant Sleep Deprivation ↗ · 2020 · Craig, Curtis M. et al. · indexed
136. Task engagement, cerebral blood flow velocity, and diagnostic monitoring for sustained attention. ↗ · 2010 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
137. Evaluation of Lane Departure Warnings for Drowsy Drivers · 2006 · Blommer, Mike et al. · archived
138. Driver alertness monitoring system in the context of safety increasing and sustainable energy use · 2023 · Scurt, Florin Bogdan et al. · archived
139. Mild hypohydration increases the frequency of driver errors during a prolonged, monotonous driving task ↗ · 2015 · Watson, Phillip et al. · indexed
140. The Interaction Between Highly Automated Driving and the Development of Drowsiness ↗ · 2015 · Schömig, Nadja et al. · indexed
141. Wakefulness-Keeping Effect and Driving Safety by Active Action While Driving · 2017 · Ibe, Tatsuro et al. · archived
142. Using driver's head movements evolution as a drowsiness indicator ↗ · 2004 · Popieul, Jean‐Christophe et al. · indexed
143. A bibliometric review of research on driver fatigue under conditional automated driving ↗ · 2026 · Ni, Dingan et al. · indexed
144. Evaluation on induction of driver fatigue in driving different traffic condition: An EEG study ^* ↗ · 2023 · Adachi, Masataka et al. · indexed
145. How to measure monotony-related fatigue? A systematic review of fatigue measurement methods for use on driving tests ↗ · 2018 · Bier, Lukas et al. · indexed
146. Highway driving safety the day after using sleep medication: the direction of lapses and excursions out‐of‐lane in drowsy drivers · 2018 · Verster, Joris C. et al. · archived
147. Cue‐Based Processing Capacity, Cognitive Load and the Completion of Simulated Short‐Duration Vigilance Tasks in Power Transmission Control ↗ · 2014 · Small, Aaron J. et al. · indexed
148. Evaluation of a Smart Algorithm for Commercial Vehicle Driver Drowsiness Detection ↗ · 2007 · Eskandarian, Azim et al. · indexed
149. Cue utilization differentiates resource allocation during sustained attention simulated rail control tasks. ↗ · 2019 · Sturman, Daniel et al. · indexed
150. Overt and Covert Effects of Mental Fatigue on Attention Networks: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials during the Attention Network Test · 2024 · Pauletti, Caterina et al. · archived
151. Age trends for failures of sustained attention. ↗ · 2010 · Carriere, Jonathan S. A. et al. · indexed
152. A Study on the Correlation Between Driving Behavior and ECG Data in Driving Fatigue. ↗ · 2026 · Wang J et al. · indexed
153. Misuse of the FNIRS Obfuscates Vigilance Cerebral Haemodynamics ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver et al. · indexed
154. Non-intrusive Drowsiness Detection Techniques and Their Application in Detecting Early Dementia in Older Drivers ↗ · 2022 · Jan, Muhammad Tanveer et al. · indexed
155. Monitoring Radio Programs and Time of Day Affect Simulated Car-Driving Performance ↗ · 1994 · Jäncke, Lutz et al. · indexed
156. When to Return to Normal? Temporal Dynamics of Vigilance in Four Situations · 2022 · Mettke-Hofmann, Claudia · archived
157. Falls and falls efficacy: the role of sustained attention in older adults · 2011 · Aisling O’Halloran et al. · archived
158. EFFECTS OF INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL AND PREDICTABILITY OF EVENT STRUCTURE ON SERIAL REACTION TIME ↗ · 1963 · Dureman, Ingmar et al. · indexed