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Metadata
- Authors
- Sweller, J.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Sweller, John
- ORCID
- Sweller, John
- Venue
- Psychology of Learning and Motivation
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 215-266
- ISSN
- 0079-7421 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1860905340
- Cited by
- 511
- References
- 117
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 34
- FWCI
- 49.87
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Psychology of learning and motivation/The psychology of learning and motivation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Road Transport and Highway Systems
- Keywords
- driver information processing, situational awareness, visual load, route choice, driver behavior, human-computer interaction, autonomous vehicles, road safety, research trends
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