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Janet Creaser
Research Fellow, HumanFIRST Program
Office: Room L-109 Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 612-624-2877
E-mail: janetc@me.umn.edu
Janet Creaser’s work examines the role of perception, cognition, aging, and behavior in typical driving situations. Issues explored in her research have included the use of infrastructure-based decision support systems to improve safety at rural intersections, the use of feedback and training on teen drivers' behavior, the impact of alcohol impairment on motorcycle riding performance, and the design of human-machine interfaces for in-vehicle technologies and displays.
Ms. Creaser earned her M.S. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Calgary in 2004. As a member of the Cognitive Ergonomics Research Laboratory (CERL) in Calgary, she participated in research projects supported by the Transportation Development Centre of Transport Canada. She is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Since joining the HumanFIRST Program, Creaser has participated in several key research efforts, including:
- Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems (CICAS)
- Teen Driver Support System
- Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills
- Evaluation of Minnesota’s Operation NightCAP
- Rural Intersection Decision Support (IDS)
Selected Publications
Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills. J.I. Creaser, N.J. Ward, M.E. Rakauskas, E. Boer, C. Shankwitz, F. Nardi. US Department of Transportation Report DOT-HS-810-877, 2007.
Concept evaluation of intersection decision support (IDS) systems to support drivers’ gap acceptance decisions at rural stop-controlled intersections. J.I. Creaser, M.E. Rakauskas, N.J. Ward, J.C. Laberge, M. Donath. Transportation Research Part F 10: 208–228, 2007.
The use of technology to address patterns of risk among teenage drivers. S. Brovold, N. Ward, M. Donath, S. Simon, C. Shankwitz, J. Creaser. Journal of Safety Research 38: 413–422, 2007.
Evaluation of Minnesota’s Operation NightCAP. J.I. Creaser, W. Aflleje, F. Nardi, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation Report 2007-29, 2007.
The effect of yellow light onset time on older and younger drivers’ perception response time (PRT) and intersection behavior. J.K. Caird, S.L. Chisholm, C.J. Edwards, J.I. Creaser. Transportation Research Part F, 10: 383–396. 2007.
Design of an intersection decision support (IDS) interface to reduce crashes at rural stop-controlled intersections. J.C. Laberge, J.I. Creaser, M.E. Rakauskas, N.J. Ward. Transportation Research Part C, 14: 39–56, 2006.
A simulator-based evaluation of smart infrastructure concepts for intersection decision support for rural thru-stop intersections. J.I. Creaser, M.E. Rakauskas, N.J. Ward, J.C. Laberge. Minnesota Dept. of Transportation Report 2007-31, 2007.
Enabling improved performance through a closed-loop adaptive system driven by real-time assessment of cognitive state. M.C. Dorneich, S. Mathan, J.I. Creaser, S. Whitlow, P.M. Ververs. In D. Schmorrow (Ed.), Foundations of Augmented Cognition. (pp. 621–630) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2005.
Older driver errors at intersections: Using change blindness methods to assess turn decision accuracy. J.K. Caird, C.J. Edwards, J.I. Creaser, W.J. Horrey. Human Factors 47: 235–249.
Alerting and Notification of Conditions Outside the Aircraft (ANCOA): Concept Evaluation. J.I. Creaser, J.M. Rye, S. Mathan, O. Olofinboba, M.C. Dorneich, P.M. Ververs. NASA Technical Report, Contract No. NAS1-00107, April 30, 2004.
A human factors analysis of highway-railway grade crossing accidents in Canada. J.K. Caird, J.I. Creaser, C.J. Edwards, R.E. Dewar. (Report No. TP 13938E ). Transport Canada Report TP 13938E, 2002.
Contributing factors to accidents at intersections for older drivers: R & D plan and empirical studies. J.K. Caird, C.J. Edwards, J.I. Creaser, W.J. Horrey. Transport Canada Report TP 13939E, 2002.