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","Master of Science (M.S.)","College of Arts and Sciences","Modeling and Simulation"]},{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Does the use of a cell phone while driving influence the driver's ability to execute a proper turn? Is there difference between genders pertaining to motor skill while driving in a simulated driving environment? To accomplish this task, three groups of ten participants (5 women and 5 men) each were tested using a scripted test scenario focusing on left and right turns. The participants were made to drive through a test scenario to get used to the driving simulator. The scenario for the experimental group was an inner-city training scenario with the presence of vehicular traffic and the main focus area was on six critical turns (3 left and 3 rights). The apparatus used for this study was the \"Patrol Simulator\" built by GE Driver Development. A 2 (Gender) x 3 (Cell phone condition) between subjects design was used to assess the differences in mean driving performance between gender (male and female) at 3 cell phone conditions (No Phone, Phone No Conversation, Phone with Conversation). The study verified that cellular phones would adversely affects a driver's ability to perform turns, and showed that gender plays a role in this effect. However, it did confirm that gender does not play any role in a person's overall ability to drive. The results indicated a significant main effect for Cell phone Condition for overall turns , F (2, 24) = 38.83, p > .0005, n[eta]² = .76. Results also indicated a significant interaction between Gender and Cell Phone Conditions, F (2, 24) = 3.97, p=.032, n[eta]² = 0.25."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Cell Phone Distraction Analysis Of Motor Response In A Simulated Driving Environment"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Kincaid, J. Peter"],"dc:creator":["Ravishankar, Anusha"],"dc:description":["If this is your thesis or dissertation, and want to learn how to access it or for more information about readership statistics, contact us at STARS@ucf.edu
","Master of Science (M.S.)","College of Arts and Sciences","Modeling and Simulation"],"dc:description.abstract":["Does the use of a cell phone while driving influence the driver's ability to execute a proper turn? Is there difference between genders pertaining to motor skill while driving in a simulated driving environment? To accomplish this task, three groups of ten participants (5 women and 5 men) each were tested using a scripted test scenario focusing on left and right turns. The participants were made to drive through a test scenario to get used to the driving simulator. The scenario for the experimental group was an inner-city training scenario with the presence of vehicular traffic and the main focus area was on six critical turns (3 left and 3 rights). The apparatus used for this study was the \"Patrol Simulator\" built by GE Driver Development. A 2 (Gender) x 3 (Cell phone condition) between subjects design was used to assess the differences in mean driving performance between gender (male and female) at 3 cell phone conditions (No Phone, Phone No Conversation, Phone with Conversation). The study verified that cellular phones would adversely affects a driver's ability to perform turns, and showed that gender plays a role in this effect. However, it did confirm that gender does not play any role in a person's overall ability to drive. The results indicated a significant main effect for Cell phone Condition for overall turns , F (2, 24) = 38.83, p > .0005, n[eta]² = .76. Results also indicated a significant interaction between Gender and Cell Phone Conditions, F (2, 24) = 3.97, p=.032, n[eta]² = 0.25."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["CFE0000084"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/149"],"dc:language":["English"],"dc:subject":["Cell phone distraction","Driving simulator","Other Psychology","Transportation","Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Sciences"],"dc:title":["Cell Phone Distraction Analysis Of Motor Response In A Simulated Driving Environment"],"dc:type":["Masters Thesis (Open Access)"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:08:16Z"}