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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2022

GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers.

Raffaella Nori, Micaela Maria Zucchelli, Marco Giancola, Massimiliano Palmiero, Paola Verde, Anna Maria Giannini, Laura Piccardi

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Raffaella NoriDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0629-5802
Micaela Maria ZucchelliDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Marco GiancolaDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, L'Aquila University, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Massimiliano PalmieroDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, L'Aquila University, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2051-0126
Paola VerdeItalian Air Force, Experimental Flight Center, Air Test Division, Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare, 00071 Pomezia, Italy.
Anna Maria GianniniDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0614-4457
Laura PiccardiDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1322-5538
University of Bologna · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · ITFondazione Santa Lucia · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many automotive industries are developing technologies to assist human drivers in suggesting wiser choices to improve drivers' behaviour. The technology that makes use of this modality is defined as a "digital nudge". An example of a digital nudge is the GPS that is installed on smartphones. Some studies have demonstrated that the use of GPS negatively affects environmental learning because of the transformation of some spatial skills. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the GPS nudge and its relationship with spatial ability, together with its function in supporting the driving behaviour of non-expert drivers, in order to reduce the number of road crashes. A total of 88 non-expert drivers (M age = 21 years) filled in questionnaires and carried out tasks to measure spatial abilities, sense of direction, driver behaviour, and six different real-life driving scenarios. The results reveal that the higher the spatial skills are, the greater the GPS use is, and that drivers who use GPS improve their sense of direction. Moreover, people with high visuospatial abilities use GPS more extensively. Finally, young drivers do not consider the GPS aid to be useful when they have no time pressure. The results are discussed by taking into account the familiarity-and-spatial-ability model.

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aggressive violationdigital nudgedriving behaviourGPSnon-expert driversspatial ability

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PMID35735375
PMCPMC9220187
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