Post by Martin Baumann

New publication in semi-automated driving research I would like to share our recent article examining the role of take-over cue informativity in semi-automated driving. The study addresses a basic research question in cognitive psychology and human factors: how informative take-over requests (TORs) support task preparation, and how their effectiveness is modulated by interruption and practice. Our results show that informative TORs generally facilitate take-over performance, but that this advantage is reduced when the cue is followed by an interrupting task. Importantly, this effect unfolds over time and diminishes with further practice. Overall, the study contributes to fundamental research on attention, task cueing, and interruption effects, providing a theoretical basis for future applied work in human–machine interaction and automated driving. 📄 Article: https://rdcu.be/eZ26a Special thanks to Alexander Berger for leading this work, Markus Kiefer for inviting me and Nicole Damm to this project and to all co-authors for the valuable collaboration. #BasicResearch #CognitivePsychology #HumanFactorsResearch #HumanMachineInteraction #AutomatedDrivingResearch