Individual Differences, Trust, and Vehicle Autonomy

Automotive technology has evolved over the last century to accommodate various levels of vehicle autonomy in order to advance safety, enhance comfort, and to mitigate human error. The result has culminated in the development of a robotic or self-driving passenger vehicle. Yet, there is still much to understand with respect to the changing human-vehicle dynamic in order to develop effective, efficient, and trusted autonomous passenger vehicles. This work presents a theoretical review on the changing dynamic of the human-vehicle system, specifically with a focus on individual differences related to trust and performance. A pilot study is reported to illustrate the importance of the human to the development and calibration of trust within the human-vehicle cooperative relationship.

[1]  Colin MacLeod,et al.  Anxiety-linked task performance: Dissociating the influence of restricted working memory capacity and increased investment of effort , 2009 .

[2]  Jessie Y. C. Chen,et al.  A Meta-Analysis of Factors Affecting Trust in Human-Robot Interaction , 2011, Hum. Factors.

[3]  Stephanie M. Merritt.  Affective Processes in Human–Automation Interactions , 2011, Hum. Factors.

[4]  M. D’Esposito.  Working memory. , 2008, Handbook of clinical neurology.

[5]  Amanda K. Emo,et al.  Emotional intelligence, personality, and task-induced stress. , 2006, Journal of experimental psychology. Applied.

[6]  Masooda N. Bashir,et al.  Trust in Automation: Integrating Empirical Evidence on Factors That Influence Trust , 2015, Hum. Factors.

[7]  James L. Szalma,et al.  A Meta-Analysis of Factors Influencing the Development of Trust in Automation: Implications for Human-Robot Interaction , 2014 .

[8]  Kristin E. Schaefer,et al.  The Perception And Measurement Of Human-robot Trust , 2013 .

[9]  William S. Helton,et al.  Validation of a Short Stress State Questionnaire , 2004 .

[10]  D. Scribner.  The Effects of Individual Factors and Task Demands on Driving Performance , 2014 .

[11]  Kaleb McDowell,et al.  Evaluation of semi‐autonomous convoy driving , 2008, J. Field Robotics.

[12]  Marci S. DeCaro,et al.  From poor performance to success under stress: working memory, strategy selection, and mathematical problem solving under pressure. , 2007, Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition.

[13]  Waldemar Karwowski,et al.  Considering the Importance of Individual Differences in Human Factors Research: No Longer Simply Confounding Noise , 2003 .

[14]  Guy H. Walker,et al.  The psychology of driving automation: a discussion with Professor Don Norman , 2007 .

[15]  Lu Wang,et al.  Trust and Reliance on an Automated Combat Identification System , 2009, Hum. Factors.

[16]  Peter J. Rowden,et al.  The relative impact of work-related stress, life stress and driving environment stress on driving outcomes. , 2011, Accident; analysis and prevention.

[17]  William Culbertson,et al.  Soldier Performance in a Moving Command Vehicle Under Manned, Teleoperated, and Teleoperated Cruise Control Modes Under Day and Night Conditions , 2013 .

[18]  S. Folkman,et al.  Stress, appraisal, and coping , 1974 .

[19]  John D. Lee,et al.  Trust in Automation: Designing for Appropriate Reliance , 2004, Hum. Factors.

[20]  M. J. Emerson,et al.  The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis , 2000, Cognitive Psychology.

[21]  Chiuhsiang Joe Lin,et al.  Assessing team workload under automation based on a subjective performance measure , 2010 .

[22]  David P. Biros,et al.  The Influence of Task Load and Automation Trust on Deception Detection , 2004 .

[23]  G. Matthews.  Towards a transactional ergonomics for driver stress and fatigue , 2002 .

[24]  Victor A. Riley,et al.  A General Model of Mixed-Initiative Human-Machine Systems , 1989 .

[25]  Kenneth Littlejohn,et al.  Accounting for the human in cyberspace: Effects of mood on trust in automation , 2010, 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems.

[26]  Gerald Matthews,et al.  Driving in States of Fatigue or Stress , 2011 .