Gaze-Based Indicators of Driver Cognitive Distraction: Effects of  Different Traffic Conditions and Adaptive Cruise Control Use

Halin, Anaïs; Deliège, Adrien; Devue, Christel; Van Droogenbroeck, Marc

doi:10.1145/3744335.3758497

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Gaze-Based Indicators of Driver Cognitive Distraction: Effects of Different Traffic Conditions and Adaptive Cruise Control Use

Halin, Anaïs; Deliège, Adrien; Devue, Christel et al.

2025 • In AutomotiveUI Adjunct '25: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

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Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction

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[en] In this simulator study, we investigate how gaze parameters reflect driver cognitive distraction under varying traffic conditions and adaptive cruise control (ACC) use. Participants completed six driving scenarios that combined two levels of cognitive distraction (with/without mental calculations) and three levels of driving environment complexity. Throughout the experiment, participants were free to activate or deactivate an ACC. We analyzed two gaze-based indicators of driver cognitive distraction: the percent road center, and the gaze dispersions (horizontal and vertical). Our results show that vertical gaze dispersion increases with traffic complexity, while ACC use leads to gaze concentration toward the road center. Cognitive distraction reduces road center gaze and increases vertical dispersion. Complementary analyses revealed that these observations actually arise mainly between mental calculations, while periods of mental calculations are characterized by a temporary increase in gaze concentration.

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Montefiore
VIULab

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Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Halin, Anaïs ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Montefiore Institute of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Deliège, Adrien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'électricité, électronique et informatique (Institut Montefiore) > Télécommunications

Devue, Christel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie et neurosciences cognitives

Van Droogenbroeck, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'électricité, électronique et informatique (Institut Montefiore) > Télécommunications

Language :

English

Title :

Gaze-Based Indicators of Driver Cognitive Distraction: Effects of Different Traffic Conditions and Adaptive Cruise Control Use

Publication date :

22 September 2025

Event name :

17th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’25)

Event date :

du 22/09/2025 au 25/09/2025

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International

Main work title :

AutomotiveUI Adjunct '25: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Publisher :

ACM

Pages :

1-9

Peer review/Selection committee :

Peer reviewed

Name of the research project :

ARIAC

Funders :

SPW EER - Service Public de Wallonie. Economie, Emploi, Recherche

Funding number :

2010235

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