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Adapting Automated Vehicle Behavior to User Trust : a Driving Simulator Study
Hörsting, J. (2022) Adapting Automated Vehicle Behavior to User Trust : a Driving Simulator Study.
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| Abstract: | Automated vehicles are claimed to be the solution for a lot of issues that come with manual driving. They are promised to make driving safer, allow for engaging in secondary tasks, and be better for the environment. However, for automated vehicles to be adopted by the public, people need to have an adequate level of trust in them, meaning it should neither be too high nor too low. This study set out to investigate whether adapting a vehicle’s speed to the user’s trust leads to higher trust levels in individuals that tend to have low trust in automated vehicles. Participants were asked to take a 15-minute ride in an automated vehicle in a simulator while continuously indicating their trust in the automated vehicle on a slider. Additionally, their electrodermal activity during the drive and their trust level before and after the drive were recorded. The results were unable to confirm that adapting the vehicle speed to the user’s trust leads to higher trust levels compared to the two control groups. Further follow-up studies, with their design based on the findings as well as recommendations in this study, should be conducted to investigate adaptive speed changes further. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91367 |
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