Collection of Collaborative Research Publications
This page lists research publications to which Dr. Joel Cooper and various international researchers have contributed. The articles span topics in cognitive psychology, driver attention, and vehicle technology. Each link provides access to our collaborative research findings, representing contributions from several global research institutions.
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2023
Castro, S. C., Heathcote, A., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2023). Dynamic workload measurement and modeling: Driving and conversing. Journal of experimental psychology: applied, 29(3), 645.
McDonnell, A. S., Crabtree, K. W., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2023). This is your brain on Autopilot 2.0: the influence of practice on driver workload and engagement during on-road, partially automated driving. Human factors, 00187208231201054.
2022
Strayer, D. L., Castro, S. C., Turrill, J., & Cooper, J. M. (2022). The persistence of distraction: The hidden costs of intermittent multitasking. Journal of experimental psychology: applied, 28(2), 262.
2021
Boehm, U., Matzke, D., Gretton, M., Castro, S., Cooper, J., Skinner, M., … & Heathcote, A. (2021). Real-time prediction of short-timescale fluctuations in cognitive workload. Cognitive research: principles and implications, 6(1), 1-29.
Lohani, M., Cooper, J. M., Erickson, G. G., Simmons, T. G., McDonnell, A. S., Carriero, A. E., … & Strayer, D. L. (2021). No difference in arousal or cognitive demands between manual and partially automated driving: a multi-method on-road study. Frontiers in neuroscience, 15, 577418.
McDonnell, A. S., Imberger, K., Poulter, C., & Cooper, J. M. (2021). The power and sensitivity of four core driver workload measures for benchmarking the distraction potential of new driver vehicle interfaces. Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 83, 99-117.
McDonnell, A. S., Simmons, T. G., Erickson, G. G., Lohani, M., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2021). This is your brain on Autopilot: Neural indices of driver workload and engagement during partial vehicle automation. Human factors, 00187208211039091.
Strayer, D. L., Getty, D., Biondi, F., & Cooper, J. M. (2021). The multitasking motorist and the attention economy. In S. M. Lane & P. Atchley (Eds.), Human capacity in the attention economy (pp. 135–156). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000208-007
2020
Carriero, A. E., Crabtree, K. W., Cooper, J. M., & Leonard, B. (2020, December). Rider Trust and the Role of the Operator in Automated Shuttles. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 1160-1164). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Cooper, J. M., Wheatley, C. L., McCarty, M. M., Motzkus, C. J., Lopes, C. L., Erickson, G. G., … & Strayer, D. L. (2020). Age-related differences in the cognitive, visual, and temporal demands of in-vehicle information systems. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 1154.
Lohani, M., Cooper, J. M., Erickson, G. G., Simmons, T. G., McDonnell, A. S., Carriero, A. E., … & Strayer, D. L. (2020, December). Driver Arousal and Workload Under Partial Vehicle Automation: A Pilot Study. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 1955-1959). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Erickson, G. G., Simmons, T. G., McDonnell, A. S., … & Lohoni, M. (2020). Driver’s arousal and workload under partial vehicle automation.
2019
Biondi, F. N., Getty, D., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2019). Examining the effect of infotainment auditory-vocal systems’ design components on workload and usability. Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 62, 520-528.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., Goethe, R. M., McCarty, M. M., Getty, D. J., & Biondi, F. (2019). Assessing the visual and cognitive demands of in-vehicle information systems. Cognitive research: principles and implications, 4, 1-22.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., McCarty, M. M., Getty, D. J., Wheatley, C. L., Motzkus, C. J., … & Horrey, W. J. (2019). Visual and cognitive demands of carplay, android auto, and five native infotainment systems. Human factors, 61(8), 1371-1386.
2018
Biondi, F. N., Lohani, M., Hopman, R., Mills, S., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2018, September). 80 MPH and out-of-the-loop: Effects of real-world semi-automated driving on driver workload and arousal. In Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting (Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 1878-1882). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Biondi, F. N., Getty, D., McCarty, M. M., Goethe, R. M., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2018). The challenge of advanced driver assistance systems assessment: A scale for the assessment of the human–machine interface of advanced driver assistance technology. Transportation research record, 2672(37), 113-122.
Biondi, F., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2018). Using a User-independent Approach for Automotive Human machine Interface Assessment. SAGE Publications Limited.
Motzkus, C. J., Getty, D. J., Campos, A., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2018, September). Utilizing a Remote LED Stimulus to Concurrently Measure Cognitive and Visual Task Demand. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 1-5). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Strayer, D. L., Yu, Z., Biondi, F., & Cooper, J. M. (2018). Cognitive underpinnings of beliefs and confidence in beliefs about fully automated vehicles. Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 55, 114-122.
Wheatley, C. L., Esplin, J., Loveless, S. M., Cooper, J. M., Biondi, F., & Strayer, D. L. (2018, September). Performance and Workload Trends: The Effects of Repeated Exposure to “High” Demand Tasks. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 6-10). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
2017
Biondi, F., Coleman, J. R., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2017). Heart rate detection for driver monitoring systems. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting Washington DC, United States.
Biondi, F., Goethe, R., Cooper, J., & Strayer, D. (2017). Partial-autonomous frenzy: Driving a level-2 vehicle on the open road. In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Cognition and Design: 14th International Conference, EPCE 2017, Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 9-14, 2017, Proceedings, Part II 14 (pp. 329-338). Springer International Publishing.
Donnell, E., Porter, R. J., Zlatkovic, M., Cooper, J., Li, L., Strayer, D. L., & Lin, M. A. (2017). Indoor Simulator and Field Study Evaluation of Sequential Flashing Chevron Signs on Two-lane Rural Highways (No. FHWA-SA-18-075). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety.
Goethe, R. M., McCarty, M. M., & Cooper, J. M. (2017). Examining potential confounds in use of the detection response task for in-vehicle system evaluation. Transportation research record, 2663(1), 67-72.
Strayer, D. L., Biondi, F., & Cooper, J. M. (2017, June). Dynamic workload fluctuations in driver/non-driver conversational dyads. In Driving assessment conference (Vol. 9, No. 2017). University of Iowa.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., Goethe, R. M., McCarty, M. M., Getty, D., & Biondi, F. (2017). Visual and cognitive demands of using in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Strayer, D. L., Biondi, F., & Cooper, J. M. (2017, June). Dynamic workload fluctuations in driver/non-driver conversational dyads. In Driving assessment conference (Vol. 9, No. 2017). University of Iowa.
Strayer, D.L., Cooper, J.M., Turrill, J., Coleman, J.R., & Hopman, R.J. (2017). The smartphone and the driver’s cognitive workload: A comparison of Apple, Google, and Microsoft’s intelligent personal assistants. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychology experimentale , 71 (2), 93.
2016
Biondi, F., Coleman, J. R., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2016). Average heart rate for driver monitoring systems. International journal of human factors and ergonomics, 4(3-4), 282-291.
Castro, S., Cooper, J., & Strayer, D. (2016, September). Validating two assessment strategies for visual and cognitive load in a simulated driving task. In Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1899-1903). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Cooper, J. M., Castro, S. C., & Strayer, D. L. (2016, September). Extending the detection response task to simultaneously measure cognitive and visual task demands. In Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1962-1966). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Coleman, J. R., Turrill, J., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2016, September). Cognitive workload using interactive voice messaging systems. In Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1894-1898). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., Turrill, J., Coleman, J. R., & Hopman, R. J. (2016). Talking to your car can drive you to distraction. Cognitive research: principles and implications, 1(1), 1-17.
Turrill, J., Coleman, J. R., Hopman, R. J., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2016, September). The residual costs of multitasking: Causing trouble down the road. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1967-1970). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
2015
Biondi, F., Turrill, D. M., Coleman, J. R., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2015, June). Cognitive distraction impairs drivers’ anticipatory glances: An on-road study. In Driving Assessment Conference (Vol. 8, No. 2015). University of Iowa.
Coleman, J. R., Turrill, J., Hopman, R. J., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2015, June). Assessing cognitive distraction using event related potentials. In Driving Assessment Conference (Vol. 8, No. 2015). University of Iowa.
Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2015, June). Mental workload of voice interactions with 6 real-world driver interfaces. In Driving Assessment Conference (Vol. 8, No. 2015). University of Iowa.
Chrysler, S. T., Cooper, J. M., & Marshall, D. C. (2015). Cost of warning of unseen threats: unintended consequences of connected vehicle alerts. Transportation Research Record, 2518(1), 79-85.
Strayer, D. L., & Cooper, J. M. (2015). Driven to distraction. Human factors, 57(8), 1343-1347.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., Turrill, J., Coleman, J. R., & Hopman, R. J. (2015). Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile III: A comparison of ten 2015 in-vehicle information systems.
Strayer, D. L., Turrill, J., Cooper, J. M., Coleman, J. R., Medeiros-Ward, N., & Biondi, F. (2015). Assessing cognitive distraction in the automobile. Human factors, 57(8), 1300-1324.
2014
Cooper, J. M., Ingebretsen, H., & Strayer, D. L. (2014). Mental workload of common voice-based vehicle interactions across six different vehicle systems.
Medeiros-Ward, N., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2014). Hierarchical control and driving. Journal of experimental psychology: General, 143(3), 953.
Strayer, D. L., Turrill, J., Coleman, J. R., Ortiz, E. V., & Cooper, J. M. (2014). Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile ii: Assessing in-vehicle voice-based. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 372, 379.
2013
Cooper, J. M., Medeiros-Ward, N., & Strayer, D. L. (2013). The impact of eye movements and cognitive workload on lateral position variability in driving. Human factors, 55(5), 1001-1014.
Chrysler, S. T., Cooper, J., McGehee, D. V., & Yager, C. (2013, June). Comparison of driver distraction evaluations across two simulator platforms and an instrumented vehicle. In Driving Assessment Conference (Vol. 7, No. 2013). University of Iowa.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., Turrill, J., Coleman, J., Medeiros-Ward, N., & Biondi, F. (2013). Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile.
Watson, J. M., Lambert, A. E., Cooper, J. M., Boyle, I. V., & Strayer, D. L. (2013). On attentional control and the aging driver. In Engaging older adults with modern technology: Internet use and information access needs (pp. 20-32). IGI Global.
2012
Cooper, J., Yager, C., & Chrysler, S. T. (2012). An investigation of the effects of reading and writing text-based messages while driving (No. SWUTC/11/476660-00024-1). Southwest Region University Transportation Center (US).
Yager, C. E., Cooper, J. M., & Chrysler, S. T. (2012, September). The effects of reading and writing text-based messages while driving. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 2196-2200). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.
2011
Fitzpatrick, K., Chrysler, S., Sunkari, S., Cooper, J., Park, B. J., & Higgins, L. (2011). Modern traffic control devices to improve safety at rural intersections (No. FHWA/TX-12/0-6462-1). United States. Federal Highway Administration.
2010
Cooper, J. M. (2010). The effects of secondary task performance on the temporal and spatial cueing of visual attention (Doctoral dissertation, Department of Psychology, University of Utah).
Lambert, A. E., Watson, J. M., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2010, September). The roles of working memory capacity, visual attention and age in driving performance. In Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting (Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 170-174). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Medeiros-Ward, N., Cooper, J. M., Doxon, A. J., Strayer, D. L., & Provancher, W. R. (2010, September). Bypassing the bottleneck: The advantage of fingertip shear feedback for navigational cues. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 54, No. 24, pp. 2042-2047). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Medeiros-Ward, N., Seegmiller, J., Cooper, J., & Strayer, D. (2010, September). Dissociating eye movements and workload on lateral lane position variability. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 54, No. 24, pp. 2067-2070). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
2009
Cooper, J. M., Medeiros-Ward, N., Seegmiller, J., & Strayer, D. L. (2009, October). Shifting eyes and thinking hard keep us in our lanes. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 53, No. 23, pp. 1753-1756). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Cooper, J. M., Vladisavljevic, I., Medeiros-Ward, N., Martin, P. T., & Strayer, D. L. (2009). An investigation of driver distraction near the tipping point of traffic flow stability. Human factors, 51(2), 261-268.
Drews, F. A., Yazdani, H., Godfrey, C. N., Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2009). Text messaging during simulated driving. Human factors, 51(5), 762-770.
2008
Cooper, J. M., & Strayer, D. L. (2008). Effects of simulator practice and real-world experience on cell-phone—related driver distraction. Human Factors, 50(6), 893-902.
Cooper, J., & Strayer, D. (2008, September). New Insights into Driving Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 52, No. 23, pp. 1920-1924). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Cooper, J. M., Vladisavljevic, I., Strayer, D. L., Martin, P. T., Cooper, J. M., Vladisavljevic, I., … & Martin, P. T. (2008, January). Drivers’ lane changing behavior while conversing on a cell phone in a variable density simulated highway environment. In Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board.
2007 – 2004
Strayer, D. L., Martinez, M., Cooper, J. M., & Drews, F. A. (2006, October). Brain waves suppressed by cell phone conversations. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 50, No. 22, pp. 2364-2367). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
Strayer, D. L., Cooper, J. M., & Drews, F. A. (2004, September). What do drivers fail to see when conversing on a cell phone?. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 48, No. 19, pp. 2213-2217). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
