Suddenly safe: Processing of conflicting feedback in assisted driving

Koji Tanida; Fabian Simmank; Sarita Silveira; Marco Paolini

doi:10.1002/pchj.427

Suddenly safe: Processing of conflicting feedback in assisted driving

Psych J. 2021 Jun;10(3):491-493. doi: 10.1002/pchj.427. Epub 2021 Feb 28.

Authors

Koji Tanida¹, Fabian Simmank², Sarita Silveira³, Marco Paolini⁴

Affiliations

¹ Human Machine Interface Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka city, Japan.
² Institute for Medical Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University Hospital, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 33641246
DOI: 10.1002/pchj.427

Abstract

Based on a conceptual model of operational anticipation, we propose an experimental paradigm for assisted car driving. In a pilot study, unpredicted negative outcomes, but not ambiguous intermediate feedback with positive outcomes, led to reduced feeling of safety and heightened brain activations in left anterior insular cortex attributable to error awareness.

Keywords: affective feedback; attention processing; autonomous driving; operational anticipation windows; safety feeling.

MeSH terms

Brain
Brain Mapping*
Feedback
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pilot Projects