Willem Vlakveld

Dr. Willem Vlakveld


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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2015 in Accident Analysis & Prevention
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WVWillem Vlakveld
Willem Vlakveld
DTDivera Twisk
Divera Twisk
MCMichiel Christoph
Michiel Christoph
MBMarjolein Boele
Marjolein Boele
RSRommert Sikkema
Rommert Sikkema
ASArend Schwab
Arend Schwab

1 January 2011 in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
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WVWillem Vlakveld
Willem Vlakveld
MRMatthew R. E. Romoser
Matthew R. E. Romoser
HMHasmik Mehranian
Hasmik Mehranian
FDFrank Diete
Frank Diete
APAlexander Pollatsek
Alexander Pollatsek
DFDonald L. Fisher
Donald L. Fisher
Young drivers (younger than 25 years of age) are overrepresented in crashes. Research suggests that a relevant cause is inadequate visual search for possible hazards that are hidden from view. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a low-cost, fixed-base simulator training program that would address this failure. It was hypothesized that elicited crashes in the simulator training would result in better scanning for latent hazards in scenarios that were similar to the training scenarios but situated in a different environment (near transfer), and, to a lesser degree, would result in better scanning in scenarios that had altogether different latent hazards than those contained in the training scenarios (far transfer). To test the hypotheses, 18 trained and 18 untrained young novice drivers were evaluated on an advanced driving simulator (different from the training simulator). The eye movements of both groups were measured. In near transfer scenarios, trained drivers fixated the hazardous region 84% of the time, compared with only 57% of untrained drivers. In far transfer scenarios, trained drivers fixated the hazardous region 71% of the time, compared with only 53% of untrained drivers. The differences between trained and untrained drivers in both the near transfer scenarios and the far transfer scenarios were significant, with a large effect size in the near transfer scenarios and a medium effect size in the far transfer scenarios [respectively: U = 63.00, p(2-tailed) > .01, r = -.53, and U = 88.00, p(2-tailed) > .05, r = -.39].

1 February 2021 in Accident Analysis & Prevention
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DTDivera Twisk
Divera Twisk
ASAgnieszka Stelling
Agnieszka Stelling
PGPaul Van Gent
Paul Van Gent
JGJolieke De Groot
Jolieke De Groot
WVWillem Vlakveld
Willem Vlakveld

1 August 2021 in Accident Analysis & Prevention
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WVWillem Vlakveld
Willem Vlakveld
CMCelina Mons
Celina Mons
KKKas Kamphuis
Kas Kamphuis
ASAgnieszka Stelling
Agnieszka Stelling
DTDivera Twisk
Divera Twisk

1 December 2018 in Journal of Safety Research
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DTDivera Twisk
Divera Twisk
SWSimone Wesseling
Simone Wesseling
WVWillem Vlakveld
Willem Vlakveld
JVJan Vissers
Jan Vissers
GHGeertje Hegeman
Geertje Hegeman
WSWilma Slinger
Wilma Slinger

24 January 2024 in Accident Analysis & Prevention
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DFDonald L. Fisher
Donald L. Fisher
RARavi Agrawal
Ravi Agrawal
GDGautam Divekar
Gautam Divekar
MHMalek Abdul Hamid
Malek Abdul Hamid
AKAkhilesh Krishnan
Akhilesh Krishnan
LZLisa Zhang
Lisa Zhang