92 <strong>Emotional</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Drivers and Their Impact on Driv<strong>in</strong>g Behaviour! describe the nature <strong>of</strong> emotion elicitation and <strong>in</strong>fluenced driv<strong>in</strong>g behaviour. Additional research should also assess the necessary general conditions <strong>of</strong> simulator experiments (e. g. low vs. high fidelity simulators), to enhance comparability with real drive environments and improve external validity. In conclusion, this study def<strong>in</strong>itely shows that anger, anxiety and fright had significant <strong>in</strong>fluence on several aspects <strong>of</strong> driv<strong>in</strong>g behaviour <strong>in</strong> various simulated traffic situations. In the case <strong>of</strong> anxiety this <strong>in</strong>fluence cont<strong>in</strong>ued even two and a half kilometres after a critical emotion-<strong>in</strong>duc<strong>in</strong>g event. Acknowledgement This research project was supported by a grant (F.A.-Nr. 2006.63) from the ‘Arbeitsgeme<strong>in</strong>schaft Innovative Projekte’ (AGIP) <strong>of</strong> the M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Science and Culture, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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