How Does an In-Vehicle Agent Accent Influence Driver Behavior and Perception?
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Published online on October 21, 2025
Abstract
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 1925-1928, September 2025.
Accents convey subtle social and cultural cues, raising the question of whether they also influence human–machine interactions in critical settings such as driving. In this study, we employed a 3 × 3 mixed design, with linguistic background (Southern U.S.,...
Accents convey subtle social and cultural cues, raising the question of whether they also influence human–machine interactions in critical settings such as driving. In this study, we employed a 3 × 3 mixed design, with linguistic background (Southern U.S.,...