Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Nojoumian, Mehrdad

Abstract

Wide spread consumer adoption of self-driving cars (SDC) is predicated on a level of trust between humans and the autonomous vehicle. Despite advances being made in the technical abilities of SDCs, recent studies indicate that people are negatively predisposed toward utilizing autonomous vehicles. To bridge the gap between consumer skepticism and adoption of SDCs, research is needed to better understand the evolution of trust between humans and growing autonomous technologies. The question of mainstream acceptance and requisite trust is explored through integration of virtual reality SDC simulator, an electroencephalographic (EEG) recorder, and a new approach for real-time trust measurement between passengers and SDCs. An experiment on fifty human subjects was conducted where participants were exposed to scenarios designed to induce positive and negative trust responses. Emotional state was quantified by the EEG beta wave to alpha wave power ratio, and participants self-reported their levels of trust in the SDC after each segment.

Extent

64 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Identifier

FA00013169

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