Kinateder, Max and Ronchi, Enrico and Gromer, Daniel and Mueller, Mathias and Jost, Michael and Nehfischer, Markus and Muehlberger, Andreas and Pauli, Paul (2014) Social influence on route choice in a virtual reality tunnel fire. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR, 26. pp. 116-125. ISSN 1369-8478, 1873-5517
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Introduction: Evacuation from tunnel fire emergencies requires quick decision-making and swift action from the tunnel occupants. Social influence (SI) has been identified as an important factor in evacuation. Methods: Two experimental groups were immersed into a virtual road tunnel fire. In the SI group participants saw a virtual agent moving on the shortest route to the nearest emergency exit. In the control group, participants were alone. Destination and exit choices were analyzed using functional analysis and inferential statistics. Results: SI affected route choice during evacuation but not destination choice: There were no group differences regarding destination choice. Participants in the SI group were more likely to choose a route similar to the virtual agent. Participants in the control group were more likely to choose a longer route along the tunnel walls. Discussion: Social influence does not only affect behavior activation but also more subtle choices, such as route choice, during evacuation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HUMAN-BEHAVIOR; ROAD-TUNNEL; EXIT CHOICE; EVACUATION; RESPONSES; INFORMATION; EMERGENCY; MOVEMENT; Fire evacuation; Social influence; Travel paths; Tunnel fire; Virtual reality; Functional analysis; Region of interest analysis |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Psychologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2019 13:22 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2019 13:22 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/9581 |
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