Detection-response task—uses and limitations

Stojmenova Pečečnik, Kristina (author), Sodnik, Jaka (author)

The Detection-Response Task is a method for assessing the attentional effects of cognitive load in a driving environment. Drivers are presented with a sensory stimulus every 3–5 s, and are asked to respond to it by pressing a button attached to their finger. Response times and hit rates are interpreted as indicators of the attentional effect of cognitive load. The stimuli can be visual, tactile and auditory, and are chosen based on the type of in-vehicle system or device that is being evaluated. Its biggest disadvantage is that the method itself also affects the driver’s performance and secondary task completion times. Nevertheless, this is an easy to use and implement method, which allows relevant assessment and evaluation of in-vehicle systems. By following the recommendations and taking into account its limitations, researchers can obtain reliable and valuable results on the attentional effects of cognitive load on drivers.

• Language: English
• Keywords: detection-response task, cognitive distraction, driving, cognitive load, sensors, attentional resources
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2018
• Number of pages: 17 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 18, iss. 2, art. 594
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-131872
• UDC: 159.952:629.072
• ISSN on article: 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s18020594
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11959892
• Publication date in RUL: 05.10.2021

STOJMENOVA PEČEČNIK, Kristina and SODNIK, Jaka, 2018, Detection-response task—uses and limitations. Sensors [online]. 2018. Vol. 18, no. 2,  594. [Accessed 24 April 2025]. DOI 10.3390/s18020594. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=131872

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sensors
• Shortened title: Sensors
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1424-8220
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10176278

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 14.02.2018

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: zaznavno-odzivne naloge, kognitivno odvračanje pozornosti, vožnja, kognitivna obremenitev, senzorji

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency