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Pipkorn, L., Noonan, T. Z., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2025). Changes in glance and hands-on-wheel behaviors when engaging with non-driving-related tasks while using Tesla Autopilot. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109, 232–241.
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Pipkorn, L., Noonan, T. Z., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2025). Changes in glance and hands-on-wheel behaviors when engaging with non-driving-related tasks while using Tesla Autopilot. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109, 232–241.
Noonan, T. (2025, Jan. 6). Changes in Adoption and Use Patterns of an Automated Lane Change Feature Following Over-the-Air Software Updates [Conference presentation]. Transportation Research Board 2025 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., United States.
Pipkorn, L., Zach Noonan, T., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2025). Changes in glance and hands-on-wheel behaviors when engaging with non-driving-related tasks while using Tesla Autopilot. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109, 232–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.11.004
Pipkorn, L., Domeyer, J., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2025). Decoding the silent dialogue: Unveiling driver-pedestrian communication dynamics with a hidden Markov model. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. [In press].
Schneider, E. M., D’Ambrosio, L. A., Lee, C., & Coughlin, J. F. (2024). Impacts of Advanced Vehicle Technologies and Risk Attitudes on Distracted Driving Behaviors. Transportation Research Record, 2678(11), 622-634. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241242079
Pipkorn, L., Noonan, T. Z., Domeyer, J., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2024). Naturalistic Analysis of Bidirectional Gazing During Vehicle-Pedestrian Encounters at Road Crossings. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1), 960–964. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813241276467
Gershon, P. (2024, October). Technology-driven framework to mitigate driver distraction. The 9th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (p. 170).
Gershon, P., Zuby, D., Reagan, I., Fitch, G., Schmidt, S., Lenne, M., & Hernandez, M. (2024, October). How technology can help reduce driver distraction. The 9th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (p. 12).
Zhao, Z., Pipkorn, L., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2024, September). Driver behavior in response to forward collision warnings considering driving context. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (p. 10711813241276455). Sage Publications.
Pipkorn, L., Noonan, T. Z., Domeyer, J., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Gershon, P. (2024, September). Naturalistic analysis of bidirectional gazing during vehicle-pedestrian encounters at road crossings. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (p. 10711813241276467). Sage Publications.
Gershon, P., Rempel, D., Mason, J., Macht, G. A., Arbelaez, R., & Boyle, L. (2024, August). Advances and challenges in vehicle electrification. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (p. 10711813241261283). Sage Publications.
Noonan, T.Z., Gershon, P., Domeyer, J., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2023). Kinematic cues in driver-pedestrian communication to support safe road crossing. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 192 107236. Also presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). Indianapolis, IN.
Zhouqiao Zhao, Z., Wei, Z., Tian, D., Reimer. B., Gershon, P. & Moradi-Pari, E. (2023). End-to-End Spatio-Temporal Attention-Based Lane-Change Intention Prediction from Multi-Perspective Cameras. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). Anchorage, AK. pp. 1 – 8.
Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2023). Drivers’ response to automation initiated disengagement in real-world hands-free driving. Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). Yokohama, Japan.
Mehler, B., Gershon, P. & Reimer, B. (2023). Evaluating and rating the safety benefits of advanced vehicle technologies: developing a transparent approach and consumer messaging to maximize benefit. Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). Yokohama, Japan.
Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2023). Driver response and recovery following automation initiated disengagement in real-world hands-free driving. Traffic Injury Prevention. 24(4), pp. 356-361.
Noonan, T. Z., Gershon, P., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2023). Visual Attention Patterns in Automated and Manual Lane Change Maneuvers. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 1279-1284. https://doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192216
Haus, S. H., Gershon, P., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2023). The Relationship Between Partial-Automation Use and Driver Sentiment Toward Automation. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 1983-1988. https://doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192246
Lee, C., D’Ambrosio, L., & Coughlin, J.F. (2023). Older adults’ perceptions and use of digital engagement channels: in the case of automobile insurance services. 9th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, held as part of 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023).
Volkner, S.A., Gaube, S., Raue, M., Lermer, E. (2023). Troll Story: "The Dark Tetrad and Online Trolling Revisited With a Glance at Humor." PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280271
Yang, S., Lenné, M.G., Reimer, B., Gershon, P. (2022). Modeling Driver-Automation Interaction using Naturalistic Multimodal Driving Dataset. Accepted for presentation at the 66th Human Factors & Ergonomics Society International Annual Meeting.
Seaman, S., Gershon, P., Angell, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Evaluating the Associations between Forward Collision Warning Severity and Driving Context. Safety. 8(5).
Seaman, S., Gershon, P., Angell, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Non-Driving-Related Task Engagement: The Role of Speed. Safety. 8(34).
Reagan, I.J., Cicchini, J.B., Teoh, E.R., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Gershon, P. (2022). Behavior change over time when driving with adaptive cruise control. Accepted for presentation at the 66th Human Factors & Ergonomics Society International Annual Meeting.
Noonan, T.Z., Gershon, P., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2022). Characterizing the use of Tesla’s auto lane change feature in driver-initiated maneuvers. (LECT394s1). Accepted for presentation at the 66th Human Factors & Ergonomics Society International Annual Meeting.
Monfort, S.S., Reagan, I.J., Cicchino, J.B., Hu, W., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Speeding behavior while using adaptive cruise control and lane centering in free flow traffic. Traffic Injury Prevention. 23(2). 85-90.
Haus, S.H., Gershon, P., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2022). Speeding behavior when using automation: a descriptive analysis of naturalistic driving data (LECT346s1). Accepted for presentation at the 66th Human Factors & Ergonomics Society International Annual Meeting.
Domeyer, J.E., Lee, J.D., Toyoda, H., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Interdependence in Vehicle-Pedestrian Encounters and its Implications for Vehicle Automation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(5). 4122-4134.
Hu, W., Cicchino, J.B., Reagan, I.J., Monfort, S.S., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Use of Level 1 and 2 driving automation on horizontal curves on interstates and freeways. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour. 89. 64-71.
Domeyer, J.E., Lee, J.D., Toyoda, H., Mehler, B., and Reimer, B. (2021). "Interdependence in Vehicle-Pedestrian Encounters and Its Implications for Vehicle Automation." In IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. doi: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3041562.
Gershon, P., Green, C., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Coughlin, J.F. (2021, August). Transitions in automation: evidence from naturalistic study. The 7th International Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 25-27.
Ding, L., Sherony, R., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2021, July). Perceptual evaluation of driving scene segmentation. 32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Nagoya, Japan, July 11-15.
Gershon, P., Seaman, S., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Coughlin, J. (2021). Driver behavior and the use of automation in real-world driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 158, 106217, 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106217.
Lee, C., Gershon, P., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J.F. (2021, October). Consumer knowledge and acceptance of driving automation: changes over time and across age groups. Accepted for presentation at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, October 4-7, Baltimore, MD.
Liu, R., Reimer, B., Song, S., Mehler, B., Solovey, E. (2021). Unsupervised fNIRS feature extraction with CAE and ESN autoencoder for driver cognitive load classification. Journal of Neural Engineering, 18(3), 036002.
Morando, A., Gershon, P., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2021, October). Visual attention and steering wheel control: From engagement to disengagement of Tesla Autopilot. Accepted for presentation at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, October 4-7, Baltimore, MD.
Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2021, October). Distraction assessment methods: to what extent does a detection response task (DRT) impact apparent workload? Accepted for presented at & appear in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, October 18-20, 2021, (Virtual).
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Muñoz, M., Dobres, J., Kidd, D., & Reagan, I. (2021). Patterns in transitions of visual attention during baseline driving and during interaction with visual-manual and voice-based interfaces. Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1930197
Seaman, S., Seppelt, B., Angell, L., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2021, October). Vehicle control and response to emerging events: it’s both off-road and on-road glance duration. Accepted for presented at & appear in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, October 18-20, 2021, (Virtual).
L. Ding, M. Glazer, M. Wang, B. Mehler, B. Reimer and L. Fridman, "MIT-AVT Clustered Driving Scene Dataset: Evaluating Perception Systems in Real-World Naturalistic Driving Scenarios," 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2020, pp. 232-237, doi: 10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304677.
Guan, J., D’Ambrosio, L., Chen, J., Miller, J., Lee, C. & Coughlin, J.F. (2020). Oldest old’s travel mode choice and new mobility technology acceptance: comparison analysis of American and Chinese samples, Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting (TRB 2020), January 12-16, Washington, DC.
Morando, A., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2020). Driver-initiated Tesla Autopilot Disengagements in Naturalistic Driving. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '20), pp. 57-65. DOI: 10.1145/3409120.3410644. (open access link)
Rudnik, J., Lee, C., Patskanick, T., Miller, J., & Coughlin, J.F. (2020). How the active oldest old manage their mobility needs: transportation insights from a panel of adults ages 85+, Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting (TRB 2020), January 12-16, Washington, DC.
Sawyer, B.D., Dobres, J., Chahine, N. & Reimer, B. (2020). The great typography bake-off: comparing legibility at-a-glance. Ergonomics, 63(4), pp. 391-398. DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2020.1714748. (full text)
Sawyer, B.D, Wolf, B., Dobres, J., Chahine, N, Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2020). Glanceable, legible typography over complex backgrounds, Ergonomics, DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2020.1758348
Landry, S., Seppelt, B., Russo, L., Mehler, B. et al. (2020). Perceptions of Two Unique Lane Centering Systems: An FOT Interview Analysis, SAE Technical Paper 2020-01-0108, https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0108.
AlAdawy, D., Glazer, M., Terwilliger, J., Schmidt, H., Domeyer, J., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Fridman, L. (2019). Eye Contact between Pedestrians and Drivers. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 301-307.
Coughlin, J. F., Raue, M., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Ward, C., & Lee, C. (2019). Special Series: Social Science of Automated Driving. Risk Analysis, 39(2), 293–294. doi.org/10.1111/risa.13271
Coughlin, J. F., & Brady, S. (2019). Planning, Designing, and Engineering Tomorrow’s User-Centered, Age-Ready Transportation System. The Bridge, 49(1).
Fridman, L., Brown, D.E., Glazer, M., Angell, W., Dodd, S., Jenik, B., Terwilliger, J., Patsekink, A., Kindelsberger, J., Ding, L., Seaman, S., Abraham, H., Mehler, A., Sipperley, A., Pettinato, A., Seppelt, B.D., Angell, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Study: Large-Scale Naturalistic Driving Study of Driver Behavior and Interaction With Automation. IEEE Access, 7(1), pp. 102021-102038. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2926040.
Fridman, L., Mehler, B., Xia, L., Yang, Y., Facusse, L.Y., and Reimer, B. (2019). To Walk or Not to Walk: Crowdsourced Assessment of External Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Displays. Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. January 13-17, Washington, D.C.
König, K., Raue, M., D’Ambrosio, L. A., & Coughlin, J. F., (2019). Physical and Emotional Support of the Neighborhood for Older Adults: A Comparison of the United States and Germany. Journal of Environmental Psychology. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.01.008
Lee, C., Seppelt, B., Abraham, H., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2019). Consumer comfort with vehicle automation: changes over time. 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, June 24-27, Santa Fe, NM.
Lee, C., Ward, C., Miller., J., D'Ambrosio, L.A., and Coughlin, J.F. (2019). Transportation and the Oldest Old: Strategies and Technologies for Adapting to Changing Needs. Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. January 13-17, Washington, D.C.
Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). How Demanding is “Just Driving”? A Cognitive Workload – Psychophysiological Reference Evaluation. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 363-369.
McWilliams, T., Mehler, B., Seppelt, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). Driving Simulator Validation for In-Vehicle HMI Assessment. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Seattle, WA. pp. 2104-2108. DOI: 10.1177/1071181319631438.
Park, J., Iagnemma, K. & Reimer, B. (2019). A user study of semi-autonomous and autonomous highway driving: an interactive simulation study. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 18(1), pp. 49–58. DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2018.2873850.
Perlman, D., Samost, A., Domel, A.G., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., & Reimer. B. (2019). The relative impact of smartwatch and smartphone use while driving on workload, attention, and driving performance. Applied Ergonomics, 75, 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.09.001.
Raue, M., D'Ambrosio, L.A., Ward, C. Lee, C., Jacquillat, C., and Coughlin, J.F. (2019). The Influence of Feelings While Driving Regular Cars on the Perception and Acceptance of Self‐Driving Cars. Risk Analysis. doi: 10.1111/risa.13267
Reagan, I., Hu, W., Cicchino, J., Seppelt, B., Fridman, L., & Glazer, M. (2019). Measuring adult drivers’ use of level 1 and 2 driving automation by roadway functional class. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Robertson, J., Kothakonda, A., Cheng, K., Wong, J., Landry, S., Mehler, A., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. (2019). Comparing Training Methods for Using a Semi-Automated Parking System. Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. January 13-17, Washington, D.C.
Seppelt, B., and Lee, J. (2019). Keeping the driver in the loop: Dynamic feedback to support appropriate use of imperfect vehicle control automation. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 125, 66-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.12.009
Seppelt, B., Reimer, B., Russo, L., Mehler, B., Fisher, J. & Friedman, D. (2019). Consumer Confusion with Levels of Vehicle Automation. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 391-397.
Rudnik, J., Lee, C., Patskanick, T.R., Miller, J., D’Ambrosio, L.A., & Coughlin, J.F. (2019, scheduled). The oldest olds’ perceptions, attitudes, and acceptance of future transportation technologies. American Psychology Association Conference on Technology, Mind and Society (TMS 2019), October 3-5, Washington, DC (abstract only).
Wolfe, B.A., Fridman, L., Kosovicheva, A.A., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Rosenholtz, R. (2019). Predicting road scenes from brief views of driving video. Journal of Vision, 19(5), 1-14.
Terwilliger, J., Glazer, M., Schmidt, H., Domeyer, J., Toyoda, H., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Fridman, L. (2019). Dynamics of Pedestrian Crossing Decisions Based on Vehicle Trajectories in Large-Scale Simulated and Real-World Data. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 64-70.
Wolfe, B., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Rosenholtz, R. (2019). Rapid holistic perception and evasion of road hazards. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Abraham, H., Reimer, B., Seppelt, B, Fitzgerald, C., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). Consumer interest in automation: Change over one year. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, January 7-11, Washington, D.C.
Dobres, J., Klarl, Karola, Kindelsberger, J., and Reimer, B. (2018). TypeTester: A case study of behavioral data collection using a smartphone platform. AgeLab White Paper 2018-1.
Fridman, L., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Freeman, W. T. (2018). Cognitive load estimation in the wild. Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, QC, Canada. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174226. Honorable Mention Award.
Dobres, J., Wolfe, B., Chahine, N., & Reimer, B. (2018). The effects of visual crowding, text size, and positional uncertainty on text legibility at a glance. Applied Ergonomics, 70, 240-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2018.03.007.
Kidd, D.G., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., & Mehler, B. (2018). Changes in driver glance behavior when using a system that automates steering to perform a low-speed parallel parking maneuver. Transportation Research Part F, 58, 629-639.
Guan, J., & Xu, C. (2018). Are relocatees different from others? Relocatee's travel mode choice and travel equity analysis in large-scale residential areas on the periphery of megacity Shanghai, China. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 111, 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.03.011.
Lee, J., Munoz, M., Fridman, L., Victor, T., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2018). Investigating the correspondence between driver head position and glance location. PeerJ Computer Science 4:e146. https//:doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.146.
McWilliams, T., Ward, N., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (January 2018). Assessing driving simulator validity: A comparison of multi-modal smartphone interactions across simulated and field environments. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, January 7-11, Washington D.C. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118798729
Nunes, A., Reimer, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). People must retain control of autonomous vehicles. Nature, 556, 169 - 171. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-04158-5.
Seppelt, B., Reimer, B., Russo, L., Mehler, B., Fisher, J., & Friedman, D. (2018). Towards a human-centric taxonomy of automation types. AgeLab White Paper 2018-3.
Skrypchuk, L., Mouzakwits, A., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Langdon, P., & Clarkson, P. J. (2018). How does task experience affect driver attention management in a multitasking situation? Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 7-11. (paper 18-0371).
Seppelt, B., Seaman, S., Angell, L., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2018). Assessing the effect of in-vehicle task interactions on attention management in safety-critical events. 6th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, Gothenberg, Sweden, October 15-17. (pdf)
Ward, C. R., Miller, J., Raue, M., Brady, S., D’Ambrosio, L. A., Ellis, D., Felts, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2018). Adapting (To) the Environment: Navigating Housing and Transportation. Innovation in Aging, 2, suppl. 1, 623.
Abraham, H., Lee, C., Brady, S., Fitzgerald, C., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2017). Autonomous vehicles and alternatives to driving: trust, preferences, and effects of age. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 8-12. (pdf)
Abraham, H., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2017). Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS): A consideration of perceptions on training, usage, & implementation. Proceedings of The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Abraham, H., McAnulty, H., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2017). Case study of today's automotive dealerships: Introduction and delivery of advanced driver assistance systems. Transportation Research Record, No. 2660. doi: 10.3141/2660-02. Also appeared in (2017) Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 8-12.
Beckers, N., Schreiner, S., Bertrand, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Comparing the demands of destination entry using Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy S4 during simulated driving. Applied Ergonomics, 58, 25-34. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.05.005. (link)
Abraham, H., Seppelt, B., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2017). What's in a name: Vehicle technology branding & consumer expectations for automation. Proceedings of The 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '17), Oldenburg, Germany. doi: 10.1145/3122986.3123018.
Fridman, L., Reimer, B., Seaman, S., Angell, L. S., Seppelt, B., & Mehler, B. (2017). What can be predicted from six seconds of driver glances? ACM CHI 2017 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Denver, CO., May 6-11. Best Paper Award Winner.
Fridman, L., Brown, D., Glazer, M., Angell, W., Dodd, S., Jenik, B., Terwilliger, J., Kindelsberger, J., Ding, L., Seaman, S., Abraham, H., Mehler, A., Sipperley, A., Pettinato, A., Seppelt, B., Angell, L., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2017). MIT autonomous vehicle technology study: Large-scale deep learning based analysis of driver behavior and interaction with automation. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.06976.
Engström, J., Bärgman, J., Nilsson, D., Seppelt, B., Markkula, G., Piccinini, G. B., & Victor, T. (2017). Great expectations: A predictive processing account of automobile driving. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 2, 156-194. doi:10.1080/1463922x.2017.1306148
Kidd, D.G., Dobres, J., Reagan, I., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Considering visual-manual tasks performed during highway driving in the context of two different sets of guidelines for embedded in-vehicle electronic systems. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 47, 23-33. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.04.002.
Lavallière , M., Mehler, B., Lee, J., Angell, L., Seppelt, B. D., & Reimer, B. (2017). Task Analysis of Embedded Visual-Manual Phone-Calling Interfaces in Nine Production Vehicles. 27th CARSP Conference. Toronto, ON, June 18-21.
Lee, C., Ward, C., Raue, M., D’Ambrosio, L. & Coughlin, J.F. (2017). Age differences in acceptance of self-driving cars: A survey of perceptions and attitudes. 3rd International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, held as part of 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2017), Vancouver, Canada, July 9-14.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Lee, C., Kidd, D., Reagan, I. (2017). Considering self-report in the interpretation of objective performance data in the comparison of HMI systems. 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Manchester Village, VT, June 27-29.
Lee, J., Sawyer, B. D., Mehler, B., Angell, L., Seppelt, B. D., Fridman, L., and Reimer, B. (2017). Linking the detection response tasks and the AttenD Algorithm through the assessment of human-machine interface workload. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2663, DOI: 10.3141/2663-11.
Seaman, S., Lee, J., Seppelt, B. D., Angell, L., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2017). It’s all in the timing: Using the AttenD Algorithm to assess texting in the NEST naturalistic driving database. 9th International Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester Village, VT, June 27-29.
Seppelt, B. D., Reimer, B., Angell L., & Seaman, S. (2017). Considering the human across levels of automation: Implications for reliance. 9th International Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester Village, VT, June 27-29.
Seaman, S., Lee, J., Seppelt, B. D., Angell, L., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2017). It’s all in the timing: Using the AttenD Algorithm to assess texting in the NEST naturalistic driving database. 9th International Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester Village, VT, June 27-29.
Seppelt, B., Seaman, S., Angell, L., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2017). Differentiating cognitive load using a modified version of AttenD. Proceedings of the 9th International ACM Conference on Automation User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Oldenberg, Germany, September 24-27. Honorable Mention Paper Award.
Seppelt, B. D., Seaman, S., Lee, J., Angell, L. S., Mehler, B., & Reimer, B. (2017). Glass half-full: On-road glance metrics differentiate crashes from near-crashes in the 100-Car data. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 107, 48–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.07.021
Ward, C., Raue, M., Lee, C., D’Ambrosio, L. A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2017). Acceptance of self-driving cars across generations: The role of risk and benefit perception, knowledge, and trust, 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2017), Vancouver, Canada, July 9-14.
Skoufalos, A., Clarke, J. L., Ellis, D. R., Shepard, V. L., & Rula, E. Y. (2017). Rural Aging in America: Proceedings of the 2017 Connectivity Summit, Portsmouth, NH, June 20-21. Population Health Management, 20(S2). doi:10.1089/pop.2017.0177
Wolfe, B., Dobres, J., Rosenholtz, R., & Reimer, B. (2017). More than the useful field: Considering peripheral vision in driving. Applied Ergonomics, 65, 316-325. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2017.07.009
Wolfe, B., Fridman, L., Kosovicheva, A., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. (2017). Perceiving the roadway in the blink of an eye – rapid perception of the road environment and prediction of events. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design. Manchester Village, VT, June 27-29. (pdf)
Abraham, H., Lee, C., Brady, S., Fitzgerald, C., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2016). Autonomous vehicles, trust, and driving alternatives: A survey of consumer preferences. MIT AgeLab White Paper No. 2016-6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Belyusar, D., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J. F. (2016). A field study on the effects of digital billboards on glance behavior during highway driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 88, pp. 88-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.12.014. (link)
Dobres, J., Chahine, N., Reimer, B., Gould, D. & Zhao, N. (2016). The effects of Chinese typeface design, stroke weight, and contrast polarity on glance based legibility. Displays, 41, pp. 42-41. DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2015.12.001. (link)
Dobres, J., Chahine, N., Reimer, B., Gould, D., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2016). Utilising psychophysical techniques to investigate the effects of age, typeface design, size and display polarity on glance legibility. Ergonomics, 1–15. (link)
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Reagan, I., D. Kidd, D., and Dobres J. (2016). Multi-modal demands of a smartphone used to place calls and enter addresses during highway driving relative to two embedded systems. Ergonomics, 59, pp 1565-1585.
Mehler, B., Kidd, D., Reimer, B., Reagan, I., Dobres, J. & McCartt, A. (2016). Multi-modal assessment of on-road demand of voice and manual phone calling and voice navigation entry across two embedded vehicle systems. Ergonomics, 59(3), 344-367. (full text)
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2016). Reductions in self-reported stress and anticipatory heart rate with the use of a semi-automated parallel parking system. Applied Ergonomics, 52(C), 120–127. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2015.07.008
Ba, Y., Zhang, W., Reimer, B., Yang, Y. & Salvendy, G. (2015). The effect of communicational signals on drivers' subjective appraisal and visual attention during interactive driving scenarios. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(11), 1107-1118. doi: 10.1080/0144929X.2015.1056547 (full text)
Brown, D., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Dobres, J. (2015). An on-road study involving two vehicles: observed differences between an auditory and haptic lane departure warning system. Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Nottingham, UK. doi:10.1145/2809730.2809747 (open access link)
Belyusar, D., Mehler, B, Solovey, E. & Reimer, B. (2015). The impact of repeated exposure to a multi-level working memory task on physiological arousal and driving performance. Proceedings of the 94rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, The National Academies, Washington D.C., January, 2015.
Dobres, J., Reimer, B., Parikhal, L., Wean E. & Chahine, N. (2015). The incredible shrinking letter: how font size affects the legibility of text viewed in brief glances. 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Salt Lake City, UT.
Kun, A. L., Wachtel, J., Miller, W. T., & Lavallière, M. (2015, September). User interfaces for first responder vehicles: Views from practitioners, industry and academia. AutomotiveUI, Nottingham (United Kingdom).
Lavallière, M., & Tétrault, S. (2015, May). Are we in the right direction with driving and anesthesia? CARSP, Ottawa (Ontario).
Lavallière, M., & Crizzle, A. (2015, May). Are interventions effective at improving skills in older drivers? CARSP, Ottawa (Ontario).
Lee, C., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). User perceptions toward in-vehicle technologies: Relationships to age, health, preconceptions and hands-on experience. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 31(10), 667-681.
Lee, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Angell, L., Seppelt B. D., and Coughlin J. F. (2015). Analyses of Glance Patterns of Older and Younger Drivers During a Visual-Manual HMI Interaction, Proceedings of Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, No. 15-4781.
Lee, C., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). User Acceptance of Voice Interfaces in the Automobile. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Los Angeles, CA. pp. 1641-1645.
McWilliams, T., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., & McAnulty, H. (2015). A secondary assessment of the impact of voice interface turn delays on driver attention and arousal in field conditions. 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Salt Lake City, UT.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., McAnulty, H., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). Assessing the Demands of Voice Based In-Vehicle Interfaces - Phase II Experiment 1 - 2014 Chevrolet Impala (2014b). MIT AgeLab Technical Report 2015-6A (November 30, 2015). Cambridge, MA.
McWilliams, T., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). Effects of age and smartphone experience on driver behavior during address entry: a comparison between a Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone. Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Auotomotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Nottingham, UK,. (open access link)
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). Assessing the Demands of Voice Based In-Vehicle Interfaces - Phase II Experiment 3 - 2015 Toyota Corolla (2015b). MIT AgeLab Technical Report 2015-14 (November 28, 2015). Cambridge, MA.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., McAnulty, H., Dobres, J., Lee, J. & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). Assessing the Demands of Voice Based In-Vehicle Interfaces - Phase II Experiment 2 - 2014 Mercedes CLA (2014t). MIT AgeLab Technical Report 2015-8 (November 28, 2015). Cambridge, MA.
Muñoz, M., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2015). Exploring new qualitative methods to support a quantitative analysis of glance behavior. Proceedings of the the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '15), Nottingham, UK. doi: 10.1145/2799250.2799278. (open access link)
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015). Assessing the Demands of Voice Based In-Vehicle Interfaces - Phase II Experiment 4 – An Exploratory Study of Driver Behavior With and Without Assistive Cruise Control (ACC) (2015a). MIT AgeLab Technical Report 2015-15 (December 10, 2015 Update). Cambridge, MA.
Muñoz, M., Lee, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Victor, T. (2015). Analysis of drivers' head and eye movement correspondence: predicting drivers' glance location using head rotation data. 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Salt Lake City, UT.
Sinelnikova, A., Lee, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2015) Predicting secondary task involvement and differences in task modality using field highway driving data. 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Salt Lake City, UT.
Samost, A., Perlman, D., Domel, A. G., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Mehler, A., Dobres, J., & McWilliams, T. (2015). Comparing the relative impact of smartwatch and smartphone use while driving on workload, attention, and driving performance. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 1602-1606. [Surface Transportation Technical Group Student Paper Award Finalist].
Belyusar, D., Reimer, B., Shoup, A., Jokubaitis, B., Pugh, B., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). A preliminary report on the effects of digital billboards on glance behavior during highway driving. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Beckers, N., Schreiner, S., Bertrand, P., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Munger, D. & Dobres, J. (2014, September). Comparing the demands of destination entry using Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Chicago, IL.
Dobres J, Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2014). Seeing voices: Recent research reveals that voice-command interfaces may demand more visual interaction with drivers than expected. Vision Zero International June, 2014. pp 16-20.
Dobres, J., Chahine, N., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2014). An exploratory psychophysical investigation of the relative glance legibility of chinese typefaces. MIT AgeLab White Paper No. 2014-4. Cambridge, MA.
Dobres, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Chahine, N., & Gould, D. (2014). A pilot study measuring the relative legibility of five simplified Chinese typefaces using psychophysical methods. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutoUI 2014), Seattle, WA.
Dobres, J., Chahine, N., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J.F. (2014). Revealing differences in legibility between typefaces using psychophysical techniques: Implications for glance time and cognitive processing. MIT AgeLab White Paper No. 2014-3. Cambridge, MA.
Isaacson, M. (2014). Planning a silver lining: Location-aware technologies, urban design, and older adults' use of space. Public Policy & Aging Report, 24(1): 21-24.
Isaacson, M., Shoval, N., Wahl, H.W., Oswald, F., Auslander, G. (2014). Compliance and data quality in GPS-based studies. Transportation, 41(1), 25-36. (Abstract)
Kun, A.L., Froehlich, P., Green, P. A., Reimer, B., Heeman, P. A., Thomas Miller, W., Tashev, I., Iqbal, S. & Gable, T. M. (2014, September). CLW 2014: The Fourth Workshop on Cognitive Load and In-Vehicle Human-Machine Interaction (Workshop Position Paper). Adjunct Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutoUI 2014), Seattle, WA.
Lee, C., Mehler, A., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). Relationship between drivers' self- reported health and technology perceptions across the lifespan. Adjunct Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutoUI 2014), Seattle, WA.
Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2014). An executive summary: Further evaluation of the effects of a production level “voice-command” interface on driver behavior: Replication and a consideration of the significance of training methodology. MIT AgeLab White Paper No. 2014-7. Cambridge, MA. (open access link)
Munger, D., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., Pettinato, A., Pugh, B., & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). A simulation study examining smartphone destination entry while driving. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutoUI 2014), Seattle, WA.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Lavallière, M., Dobres, J. & Coughlin, J. F. (June 2014). Proposed system for the objective evaluation of the safety benefits of technologies and initial rating values. MIT AgeLab Technical Report No. 2013-27c. Cambridge, MA (pdf). Evaluating technologies relevant to the enhancement of driver safety. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington, D.C. (pdf; supporting materials)
Reimer, B. (2014). Driver assistance systems and the transition to automated vehicles: A path to increase older adult safety and mobility? Public Policy and Aging Report, 24(1):27-31.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Donmez, B. (2014). A study of young adults examining phone dialing while driving using a touchscreen vs. a button style flip-phone. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 23, pp. 57-68.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., McAnulty, H., Mehler, A., Munger, D.,& Rumpold, A. (2014). Effects of an ‘expert mode' voice command system on task performance, glance behavior & driver physiology. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutoUI 2014), Seattle, WA. (pdf)
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., Coughlin, J. F., Matteson, S., Gould, D., Chahine, N. & Levantovsky, V. (2014. Assessing the Impact of Typeface Design in a Text Rich Automotive User Interface. Ergonomics, 57(11), 1643-1658.
Schreiner, S., Beckers, N., Bertrand, P., Munger, D., Dobres, J., Mehler, B. &Reimer, B. (2014). A comparison of the demands of destination entry using Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Presentation at The New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Annual Student Conference, Cambridge, MA. Volpe Award for the Best Transportation Presentation.
Solovey, E. T., Zec, M., Garcia Perez, E. A., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2014). Classifying driver workload using physiological and driving performance data: Two field studies. Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada.
Zhang, Y., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Belyusar, D., Pala, S., Ifushi, S. & McBride, J. (2014). Assessing the implications of age on applying visual-manual distraction: Guidelines to portable telematics interactions. Proceedings of the 21st ITS World Congress. Detroit, MI.
Zhao, N., Chen, W., Xuan, Y., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Fu, X. (2014). Drivers' and non-drivers' performance in a change detection task with static driving scenes: Is there a benefit of experience? Ergonomics, 57(7), 998-1007.
Wang, Y., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., & Mehler, B. (2014). The sensitivity of different methodologies for characterizing drivers' gaze concentration under increased cognitive demand. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 26, 227-237.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., McAnulty, H., Mehler, A., Munger, D. & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). Further evaluation of the effects of a production level “voice-command” interface on driver behavior: Replication and a consideration of the significance of training methodology. MIT AgeLab Technical Report No. 2014-2. Cambridge, MA.
Dobres, J., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (January 2013). Knowledge of all fonts.Vision Zero International. 40-43.
Dobres, J., Potter, A., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Mehler, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2013). Assessing the impact of "brain training" on driving performance, visual behavior, and neuropsychological measures. Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design. Bolton Landing, New York.
Coughlin, J. F., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2013). Population aging and the evolution of high-performance environments: Implications for a new social intelligence. IQT Quarterly, 4(3), pp. 25-29.
Häggman, A., Dopart, C., Thornberry, C., Mehler, B., Dobres, J. & Reimer, B. (2013). A driving simulation study examining destination entry with iPhone iOS 5 Google Maps and a Garmin Portable GPS System. Presentation at The New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Annual Student Conference, Cambridge, MA. Volpe Award for the Best Transportation Presentation.
Dopart, C., Häggman, A., Thornberry, C., Mehler, B., Dobres, J. & Reimer, B. (2013). A driving simulation study examining destination entry with iPhone iOS 5 Google Maps and a Garmin Portable GPS System. Proceedings of the 57thAnnual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Diego, CA. pp. 1889-1893.
Kun, A. L., Reimer, B., Froehlich, P., Heeman, P. A., Miller, T., W., Green, P.A., Tashev, I., Iqbal, S., & Kern, D. (2013). CLW 2013: The third workshop on cognitive load and in-vehicle human-machine interaction (Workshop Position Paper). Adjunct Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutoUI 2013). Eindhoven, The Netherlands. pp. 23-25.
Kun, A. L., Boyle, L.N., Reimer, B., & Riener, A. (2013). AutomotiveUI: Interacting with technology in vehicles. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 12(2). 80-82.
Lerner, N., Chrysler, S., Cooper, J., Jenness, J., Manser, M. & Reimer, B. (2013). On-the-road driver behavior experimentation: Issues and approaches (panel). Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Diego, CA. pp. 1914-1917.
Zhao, N., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., D'Ambrosio, L.A. & Coughlin, J.F. (2013). Self-reported and observed risky driving behaviors among frequent and infrequent cell phone users. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 61:71-77.
Biederman, J., Fried, R., Hammerness, P., Surman, C., Mehler, B., Petty, C.R., Faraone, S.V., Miller, C., Bourgeois, M., Meller, B., Godfrey, K.M. & Reimer, B. (2012). The effects of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate on the driving performance of young adults with ADHD: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study using a validated driving simulator paradigm. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 46(4): 484-491.
Coughlin, J.F., Gennis, A. & Reimer, B. (January 2012). New age philosophy. Vision Zero International. 4-12.
Israels, I., Coughlin, J. F., Pratt, M. R., D'Ambrosio, L. A. & Reimer, B. (2012). What does today's driver education offer tomorrow's older driver? In J. F. Coughlin & L. A. D'Ambrosio (eds.), Aging America and Transportation: Personal Choices and Public Policy. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Coughlin, J. F. (2012). Sensitivity of physiological measures for detecting systematic variations in cognitive demand from a working memory task: An on-road study across three age groups. Human Factors, 54(3), pp. 396-412. (abstract)
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Zec, M. (2012). Defining workload in the context of driver state detection and HMI evaluation. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications. Portsmouth, NH.
Gennis, A. (July 2012). Daydream Perceiver. Vision Zero International 40-44.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Dobres, J. (2012). An evaluation of the visual demands of portable telematics technologies among young adult drivers. MIT AgeLab White Paper 2012-19. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. (pdf)
Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J. F. (2012). An evaluation of typeface design in a text-rich automotive user interface. MIT AgeLab White Paper 2012-12. Cambridge, MA.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wang, Y. & Coughlin, J. F. (2012). A field study on the impact of variations in short term memory demands on drivers' visual attention and driving performance across three age groups. Human Factors 54(3), pp.454-468. (abstract)
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wang, Y., Mehler, A., McAnulty, H., Mckissick, E., Coughlin, J. F., Matteson, S., Levantovsky, V., Gould, D., Chahine, N. & Greve, G. (2012). An exploratory study on the impact of typeface design in a text rich user interface on off-road glance behavior. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications. Portsmouth, NH.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Donmez, B., Pala, S., Wang, Y., Zaho, N., Olson, K., Wenzel, J. & Coughlin, J. F. (2012, September). A driving simulator study examining phone dialing with an iPhone vs. a button style flip-phone. Proceeding of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Boston, MA.
Yang, Y., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wong, A. & McDonald, M. (2012). Exploring differences in the impact of auditory and visual demands on driver behavior. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications. Portsmouth, NH.
Zhao, N., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Mehler, A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2012). An investigation of the relationship between the Driving Behavior Questionnaire and objective measures of highway driving behavior. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 15, 676-685. (abstract)
Yang, Y., McDonald, M., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2012). Are drivers aware of their behavior changes when using in-vehicle systems? Proceedings of 15th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Anchorage, AK. 1515-1518.
Zhao, N., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2012). Self-reported and observed risky driving behaviors among frequent and infrequent cell phone users. Accident Analysis & Prevention. (abstract)
Donmez, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Lavallière, M. & Coughlin, J. F. (2011). A pilot investigation of the impact of cognitive demand on turn signal use during lane changes in actual highway conditions across multiple age groups. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Las Vegas, NV. 1874-1878.
Coughlin, J.F., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2011). Monitoring, managing, and motivating driver safety and wellbeing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 10(3), 14-21. (abstract)
Lavallière, M., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., D'Amrosio, L. A., Wang, Y., Teasdale, N., & Coughlin, J. F. (2011). The effect of age and gender on visual search during lane changing. Proceedings of the Sixth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Lake Tahoe, California, 621-628.
Lavallière, M., Donmez, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J. F., Klauber, K., Teasdale, N. (2011). A field study assessing lane changing and lane choice across age and multiple levels of cognitive demand. Proceedings of the 90th annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, January 2011.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Dusek, J. A. (2011). MIT AgeLab delayed digit recall task (nback). MIT AgeLab White Paper Number 2011–3A. (pdf) (audio)
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Wang, Y. (2011). A comparison of heart rate and heart rate variability indices in distinguishing single task driving and driving under secondary cognitive workload. Proceedings of the Sixth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Lake Tahoe, California, 590-597.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J. F., Roy, N., Dusek, J. (2011). The impact of a naturalistic hands-free cellular phone task on heart rate and simulated driving performance in two age groups. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 14(1), pp. 13-25.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B. (2011). The impact of cognitive workload on physiological arousal in young adult drivers: a field study and simulation validation. Ergonomics, 54(10), 932-942. (abstract)
Roberts, S. C., Mehler, B., Orszulak, J., Reimer, B., Coughlin, J. F., Glass, J. (2011). An evaluation of age, gender, and technology experience in user performance and impressions of a multimodal human-machine interface. Proceedings of the 2011 Indsutrial Engineering Research Conference, May 2011. (pdf)
Bengler, K., Coughlin, J. F., Reimer, B., Niedermaier, B. (2010). Interactive-consumer design & evaluation (I-CODE): A method to investigate cognitive structures of user's on automotive functionalities. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Miami, Florida.
Lavallière, M., Donmez, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J. F., Klauber, K. & Teasdale, N. (2011). A field study assessing lane changing and lane choice across age and multiple levels of cognitive demand. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Lavallière, M., Donmez, B. (2010). Effects of Age and cognitive workload on lane choice and lane changing behavior. Proceedings of the 20th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference, Ontario, Canada.
Oppermann, P., Godfrey, K., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Coughlin, J. F., & Zaichkowsky, L. (2010). Examining the frequency of physical exercise as a possible moderator variable in physiological activity and performance to added cognitive demand during driving: data from three age groups. Presentation at The New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Annual Student Conference, Cambridge, MA.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J. F. (2010). An evaluation of driver reactions to new vehicle parking assist technologies developed to reduce driver stress. AgeLab White Paper.
Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Coughlin, J. F. (2010) Physiological reactivity to graded levels of cognitive workload across three age groups: An on-road evaluation. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Francisco, CA. 2062-2066.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A. & Fried, R. (2010). The impact of distractions on young adults drivers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Accident Analysis and Prevention, 42(3), 842-851.
Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Reimer, B., Lavallière, M., Lesch, M.F., Horrey, W.J. & Wu, S. (2010). The effect of feedback on attitudes towards cellular phone use while driving: A comparison between novice and experienced drivers. Traffic Injury Prevention, 11(5), pp. 471-477.
Wang, Y., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Lammers, V., D'Ambrosio, L. A., & Coughlin, J. F. (2010). The validity of driving simulation for assessing differences between in-vehicle informational interfaces: a comparison with field testing. Ergonomics, 53(3), 404-420.
Coughlin, J. F. & Tompkins, C. (2009). Demographics, destiny & anticipating the future of the transportation system. Journal of Public Works Management & Policy, 13(4), pp. 284-287.
Gruenstein, A., Orszulak, J., Liu, S., Roberts, S., Zabel, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Seneff, S., Glass, J. & Coughlin, J. F. (2009). City browser: Developing a conversational automotive HMI. A Work-In-Progress paper in the Extended Abstracts of the 2009ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), Boston, MA.
Reimer, B. (2009). Cognitive task complexity and the impact on drivers' visual tunneling. Transportation Research Record, 2138, pp. 13-19. Also appeared in (2009) Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Son, J., Pohlmeyer, A., Orszulak, J., Long, J. & Coughlin, J. F. (2009). A cross-cultural comparison of younger and older adults' simulated highway driving performance under single and dual task conditions. Proceedings of the 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Big Sky, MT, 206-213.
Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J. F., Godfrey, K., & Tan, C. (2009). An on-road assessment of the impact of cognitive workload on physiological arousal in young adult drivers. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications. Essen, Germany, 115-118.
Son, J., Lee, Y., Kim, M. & Reimer, B. (2009). Implications for HMI design: Understanding age induced limitations on in-vehicle task complexity. Proceedings of the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles. Stuttgart, Germany.
Broniatowski, D., Magee, C., Coughlin, J. F. & Yang, M. (2008). The Influence of institutional background on the approval of engineered systems. Paper presented at the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), Redondo Beach, CA.
D'Ambrosio, L. A., Donorfio, L. K., Coughlin, J. F., Mohyde, M. & Meyer J. (2008). Gender differences in self-regulation patterns and attitudes toward driving among older adults. Journal of Women and Aging, 20(3-4), pp. 265-282.
Donorfio, L. K., Mohyde, M., Coughlin, J. F. & D'Ambrosio, L. A. (2008). A qualitative exploration of self-regulation behaviors among older drivers. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 20(3), pp. 323-339.
Coughlin, J. F., Pratt, M. R., Israels, I., D'Ambrosio, L. A. & Reimer, B. (2008). What does today's driver education offer tomorrow's older driver? Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Stern R., D'Ambrosio L. A., Mohyde M., Carruth A., Tracton-Bishop B., Hunter J., Daneshvar D. & Coughlin J. F. (2008). At the crossroads: Development and evaluation of a dementia caregiver group intervention to assist in driving cessation. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 29(4), pp. 363-382.
Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Coughlin, J. F., Puleo, R., Cichon, J. & Griffith, J. D. (2008). The effects of age on spinal rotation during a driving task. Transportation Research Record, 2078, pp. 57-61. Also appeared in (2008) Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Coughlin, J. (2007). Disruptive demographics, design & the future of everyday environments. Design Management Review, 18(2), 53-59.
Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A. & Coughlin, J. F. (2007). Secondary analysis of time of day on simulated driving performance. Journal of Safety Research, 38(5), pp. 563-570.
Reimer, B., Coughlin, J. F., Ronna, F. & Biederman, J. (2007). Young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): The impact of secondary tasks on driving performance. Driving Simulation Conference North America, Iowa City, IA.
Fried, R., Petty, C. R., Surman, C.B., Reimer, B., Aleardi, M., Martin, J. M., Coughlin, J. F. & Biederman, J. (2006). Characterizing impaired driving in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A controlled study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67(4), pp. 567-574.
Coughlin, J. F. & Reimer, B. (2006). New demands from an older population: An integrated approach to defining the future of older driver safety. SAE Convergence.(pdf 131 KB)
Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Coughlin, J. F., Kafrissen, M. & Biederman, J. (2006). Using self-reported data to assess the validity of driving simulation data. Behavior Research Methods, 38(2), pp. 314-324.
Reimer, B. & Sodhi, M.S. (2006). Detecting eye movements in dynamic environments. Behavior Research Methods, 38(4), pp. 667-682.
Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Coughlin, J. F., Bell, A. & Biederman, J. (2006). A Secondary analysis of time of day and age effects on simulated driving performance. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting.
Mitobe, K., Yoshimura, N., Reimer, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2005). Audible warnings and improvements of age-related oversight of the far periphery in the driving task. Journal of the Japanese Council of Traffic Science, 5(1), pp. 23-30.
Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L. A., Gilbert, J., Coughlin, J. F., Biederman, J., Surman, C., Fried, R. & Aleardi, M. (2005). Behavior differences in drivers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The driving behavior questionnaire. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37(6), pp. 996-1004.
Lavie, T., Meyer, J., Bengler, K. & Coughlin, J. F. (2005). The evaluation of in-vehicle adaptive systems,” Fourth Workshop on the Evaluation of Adaptive Systems. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'05), Edinburgh, Scotland.
2004
Reimer, B., and Sodhi, MS., (2003). Eye Movement Identification Within a Dynamic Environment. Proceedings of the Tenth Vision in Vehicles Conference. Granada, Spain.
Reimer, B., Sodhi, M.S., Tant, M., Peli, E., Bowers, A., Woods, RL., Higgins, K., and Demers-Turco, P., (2003). Driver Performance Evaluation: Considerations Underlying Selecting and Design of Routes. Proceedings of the Tenth Vision in Vehicles Conference. Granada, Spain.
Meyer, J. and Bitan, Y. (2002). Why better operators receive worse warnings. Human Factors, 44, pp. 343-354.
Sodhi, M. S., Reimer, B., & Llamazares, I., (2002). Glance Analysis of Driver Eye Movements to Evaluate Distraction. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computing, 34(4), pp.529-538.
Sodhi, M., Reimer, B., Cohen, J. L., Vastenburg, E., Kaars, R., & Kirchenbaum, S., (2002, March). On-Road Driver Eye Movement Tracking Using Head-Mounted Devices. In Proceedings of The Eye Tracking Research & Applications Symposium. New Orleans, LA., pp. 61-68.
Meyer, J. and Coughlin, J. F., (2001). Older drivers and new in-vehicle devices. Public Policy and Aging Bulletin, 11(4), pp. 11-14.
Coley, M., (2001). Older driver relicensing laws: The state of the states. The Public Policy and Aging Report, 11(4), pp. 3-10.
Cottè, N., Meyer, J., & Coughlin, J. F., (2001). Older and younger drivers' response to collision warning systems. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Santa Monica, CA., pp. 277-280.
Bush, S., (2001). Does future elderly transportation demand pose a “pending crisis”? Challenges for research and policymaking. The Public Policy and Aging Report, 11(4), pp. 15-19.
Coughlin, J. F., (2001). Beyond health and retirement: Placing transportation on the aging policy agenda. The Public Policy and Aging Report, 11(4), pp.1, 20-23.
Coughlin, J. F., (2001). Transportation and older persons: Perceptions and preferences. Washington DC: AARP Public Policy Institute.
Maltz, M. and Meyer, J., (2001). Use of warnings in an attentionally demanding detection task. Human Factors, 43, pp. 217-226.
Kuchar, J. K., (2001, July) "Automobile Automation from an Aerospace Perspective", in J. Meyer and J. F. Coughlin, eds., Integrating Information Technology in the Automobile for Older Drivers, MIT AgeLab.
Meyer, J. and Coughlin, J. F., (2001). Older drivers and new in-vehicle devices. Public Policy and Aging Bulletin, 11(4), pp. 11-14.
Meyer, J., (2001). Effects of warning validity and proximity on responses to warnings. Human Factors, 43, pp. 563-572.
Meyer, J., (2000). Adaptive changes in the reliance on hazard warnings. Proceedings HICS 2000: Human Interaction with Complex Systems, Beckman Institute: Urbana-Champaign, IL., pp. 39-42.
Maltz, M. & Meyer, J., (2000). Operators' reliance on warning cues in a task with high perceptual demands. Proccedings of the 11th Industrial Engineering and Management Conference 2000 (IEM). Beer Sheva, Israel, pp. 323-327.
Coughlin, J. F., & Cobb, R., (1998). Can you get there from here? Transportation challenges for aging in place. Innovations in Aging, (1), pp.3-5, 7.
Coughlin, J. F., & Tallon, A., (1998). Older drivers and ITS: Technology, markets and public policy. ITS Quarterly, 7(1), pp.39-47.
Coughlin, J. F., (1999). Keeping baby boomers mobile. New Jersey Institute of Technology In Transition Report, pp.6-9, 32-33.
Coughlin, J. F., (1999). Technology needs of aging boomers. Issues in Science and Technology, 16(1), pp.53-60
Maltz, M. & Shinar, D., (1999). Eye Movements of Younger and Older Drivers. Human Factors 41(1) pp. 15-25.