Bogacz, M, Hess, S orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-2518, Choudhury, C orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-8976 et al. (5 more authors) (2021) Cycling in virtual reality: modelling behaviour in an immersive environment. Transportation Letters, 13 (8). pp. 608-622. ISSN 1942-7867
Abstract
Immersive technologies in transport research are gaining popularity, allowing for data collection in a controlled dynamic setting. Nonetheless, their ecological validity is still to be established hence their use in mathematical modelling in a transport setting has been scarce. We aim to fill this gap by conducting a study of cycling behaviour where non-immersive and immersive presentation methods are used in a virtual reality setting. The results confirm our hypothesis that participants behave differently when shown a choice scenario in non-immersive and immersive settings. In particular, cycling in an immersive setting is characterised by a higher degree of engagement. We also captured neural activity during task performance. We focussed on oscillations in the alpha (α) band where we found increased suppression in this signal in response to the immersive condition relative to the non-immersive. These results complement the behavioural findings and indicate that immersive environments may increase levels of task-engagement.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a journal article published in Transportation Letters. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Road user behaviour, risk, cycling, virtual reality, EEG |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Choice Modelling The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 615596 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2020 12:49 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2022 19:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19427867.2020.1745358 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159229 |