Exploring neuro-physiological correlates of drivers’ mental fatigue caused by sleep deprivation using simultaneous EEG, ECG, and fNIRS data

Sangtae Ahn, Thien Nguyen, Hyojung Jang, Jae G. Kim, Sung C. Jun

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Abstract

Investigations of the neuro-physiological correlates of mental loads, or states, have attracted significant attention recently, as it is particularly important to evaluate mental fatigue in drivers operating a motor vehicle. In this research, we collected multimodal EEG/ECG/EOG and fNIRS data simultaneously to develop algorithms to explore neuro-physiological correlates of drivers’ mental states. Each subject performed simulated driving under two different conditions (well-rested and sleep-deprived) on different days. During the experiment, we used 68 electrodes for EEG/ECG/EOG and 8 channels for fNIRS recordings. We extracted the prominent features of each modality to distinguish between the well-rested and sleep-deprived conditions, and all multimodal features, except EOG, were combined to quantify mental fatigue during driving. Finally, a novel driving condition level (DCL) was proposed that distinguished clearly between the features of well-rested and sleep-deprived conditions. This proposed DCL measure may be applicable to real-time monitoring of the mental states of vehicle drivers. Further, the combination of methods based on each classifier yielded substantial improvements in the classification accuracy between these two conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number219
JournalFrontiers in Human Neuroscience
Volume10
Issue numberMAY2016
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 May 2016

Keywords

  • Drivers’ mental fatigue
  • Driving condition level
  • EEG/ECG/EOG/fNIRS
  • Multimodal integration
  • Neuro-physiological correlates
  • Simulated driving
  • Sleep deprivation

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