Publications

Book Chapters

Flach, J., Joe, J. C., Dainoff, M., Hettinger, L., Murray, P., & Yamani, Y. (in press). A sociotechnical approach on integrating AI in nuclear power plants. The Handbook of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Yamani, Y., Sato, T., Jackson, A., Politowicz, M., & Chancey, E. T. (2025). A theoretical approach to management of limited attentional resources to support the m:N operation in advanced air mobility ecosystem. In W. F. Lawless, R. Mittu, D. Sofge, H. Hesham (Eds.), Human-Machine Shared Contexts.

Yamani, Y. (2023). Application: Driving. In C. D. Wickens, J. S. McCarley, R. S. Gutzwiller. (Eds.), Applied Attention Theory.

Chen, J., Mishler, S., Long, S. K., Yahoodik, S., Garcia, K., & Yamani, Y. (2022).  Human-automation interaction for semi-autonomous driving: Risk communication and trust. In V. G. Duffy, S. J. Landry, J. D. Lee, N. A. Stanton (Eds.), Human-Automation Interaction: Transportation. Springer.

Bliss, J. P., Gao*, Q., Hu*, X., Itoh*, M., Long*, S., Papelis*, Y., & Yamani*, Y. (2020). Cross-cultural trust of robot peacekeepers as a function of dialog, appearance, responsibilities and onboard weapons. In. C. Nam & J. Lyons (Eds.), Trust in human-robot interaction: Research and applications. Elsevier. [LINK]

2025

Glassman, J., & Yamani, Y. (in press). Comparable Effectiveness of Risk Awareness and Perception Training (RAPT) in Young Drivers with Diverse Socioeconomic Status: A Driving Simulator Study. Transportation Research Part F.

Petkac, S., Sato, T., Xie, K., & Yamani, Y. (2025). Dissociation of subjective and objective measures of trust in vehicle automation: A driving simulator study. Frontiers in Future Transportation – Transport Safety. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffutr.2025.1627368

Gyles, S. P., Yamani, Y., & McCarley, J. S. (2025). Computational Modeling Reveals Minimal Vigilance Changes in a Cognitive Monitoring Task. Computational Brain & Behavior, 8, 361-376.

Cui, Z., Sato, T., Jackson, A., Jayarathna, S., Itoh, M., Yamani, Y. (2024). Gaze transition entropy as a measure of attention allocation in a dynamic workspace involving automation. Nature Scientific Reports, 14, 23405.  

Yamani, Y., Long, S. K., Sato, T., Braitman, A, Politowicz, M. S., & Chancey, E. T. (2025). Multi-level confirmatory factor analysis of human-automation trust questionnaires. Human Factors, 67(2), 166-180.

2024

Sato, T., Jackson, A., & Yamani, Y. (2024). Number of interrupting events influences response time in multitasking, but not trust in automation. International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, 34(4), 208-224.

Fisher, D. L., Agrawal, R., Divekar, G., Hamid, M. A., Krishnan, A., Mehranian, H., Muttart, J., Pradhan, A., Roberts, S., Romoser, M., Samuel, S., Vlakveld, W., Yamani, Y., Young, J., Zafian, T., & Zhang, L. (2024). Novice driver crashes: The relation between putative causal factors, countermeasures, real world implementations, and policy – a case study in simple, scalable solutions. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 198, 107397.

Yamani, Y., Glassman, J., Alruwaili, A., Yahoodik, S. E., Davis, E., Lugo, S, Xie, K., & Ishak, S. (2024). Post-takeover performance varies in drivers of automated and connected vehicle technology in near-miss scenarios. Human Factors, 66(11), 2503-2517.

Singh, A., Yahoodik, S., Murzello, Y., Petkac, S., Yamani, Y., & Samuel, S. (2024). Age-related differences in ethical decision-making during critical driving situations. Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, 7(1), 30-37.

2023

Gyles, S. P., McCarley, J. S., & Yamani, Y. (2023). Psychometric curves reveal changes in bias and attentional lapses in an online vigilance task. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 2879-2893.

Sato, T., Islam, S., Still, J. D., Scerbo, M. W., & Yamani, Y. (2023). Task priority reduces an adverse effect of task load on automation trust: A multitasking flight simulator study. Cognition, Technology & Work, 25, 1-13.

Young, J., Brodeur, A., Byrne, A., Calabrese, C., Cesic, L., Isaacs, M., Englin ,E., Xi, B., Sheehan, T., Yamani, Y., Epstein, A. K., & Fisher, D. L. (2023). Heavy duty truck and pedestrian crashes at signalized intersections: Comparison of high-vision and low-vision cab drivers’ performance on a driving simulator. Transportation Research Record, 2677, 1123-1136.

Glassman, J., Yahoodik, S., Samuel, S., Young, J., Knodler, M. K., Zhang, T., Zafian, T., Fisher, D. L., & Yamani, Y. (2023). Booster dose of attention training program for young novice drivers: A longitudinal driving simulator evaluation study. Human Factors.

2022

Long, S. K., Lee, J., Yamani, Y., Unverricht, J., & Itoh, M. (2022). Does automation trust evolve from a leap of faith? An analysis using a reprogrammed pasteurizer simulation task. Applied Ergonomics.

Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., Yahoodik, S., & Fisher, D. L. (2022). Identifying and remedying failures of hazard anticipation in young drivers. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.

Singh, A., Samuel, S., & Yamani, Y. (2022). Engineering countermeasures for left turns at signalized intersections: A review. Journal of Road Safety, 33, 56-73.

2021

Yahoodik, S. & Yamani, Y. (2021). Effectiveness of risk awareness perception training in dynamic simulator scenarios involving salient distractors. Transportation Research: Part F, 81, 295-305.

Scott-Sharoni, S., Yamani, Y., Kneeland, C., Long, S., Chen, J., & Houpt, J. W. (2021). Exploring the effects of perceptual separability on human-automation team efficiency. Computational Brain and Behavior.

McCarley, J.S. & Yamani, Y. (2021). Psychometric curves reveal three mechanisms of vigilance decrements. Psychological Science. 

Lee, J., Yamani, Y., Long, S., K., Unverricht, J., & Itoh, M. (2021). Revisiting human-machine trust: A replication study of Muir & Moray (1996) using a simulated pasteurizer plant task. Ergonomics.

2020

Unverricht, J. Yamani, Y., Chen, J., & Horrey, W. J. (2020). Minding the gap: Effects of a training program on driver calibration in attention maintenance. Human Factors.

Yamani, Y., Long, S. L., & Itoh, M. (2020). Human-automation trust to technologies for naïve users amidst and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Human Factors, 62, 1087-1094.

Samuel, S., Yamani, Y., & Fisher, D. L. (2020). Understanding latent hazard anticipation in partial vehicle automation systems. International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 7, 282-296.

Samuel, S., Yahoodik, S., Yamani, Y., Valluru, K., & Fisher, D. L. (2020). Ethical decision making behind the wheel – A driving simulator study. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. [LINK]

Sato, Y., Yamani, Y., Liechty, M., & Chancey, E. T. (2020). Automation trust increases under high workload multitasking scenarios involving risk. Cognition, Technology & Work, 22, 399-407.

2019 

Tremmel, C., Herff, C., Sato, T., Rechowicz, K., Yamani, Y., & Krusienski, D. J. (2019). Estimating cognitive workload in an interactive virtual reality environment using EEG. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Krishnan, A., Samuel, S., Romoser, M. R. E., Yamani, Y., & Fisher, D. L. (2019). Evaluation of a young driver intervention at reducing secondary task engagement in high risk scenarios. Transportation Research Part F.

Sato, Y., Yamani, Y., Liechty, M., & Chancey, E. T. (2019). Automation trust increases under high workload multitasking scenarios involving risk. Cognition, Technology & Work. 

Bliss, J. P., Gao*, Q., Hu*, X., Itoh*, M., Long*, S., Papelis*, Y., & Yamani*, Y. (2019). Cross-cultural trust of robot peacekeepers: Investigation of robot appearance, weaponry, and task variants. Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDSIAC) Journal. [LINK]

Hatfield, N., Yamani, Y., Palmer, D. B., Yahoodik, S., Vasquez, V., Horrey, W. J., & Samuel, S. (2019). An analysis of visual scanning patterns comparing drivers of simulated L2 and L0 systems. Transportation Research Record.

2018

Yamani, Y., Bicaksiz, P., Unverricht, J., & Samuel, S. (2018). Impact of information bandwidth of in-vehicle technologies on young drivers’ attention maintenance performance: A driving simulator study. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behavior, 59, 159-202.

Yamani, Y. & Horrey, W. J. (2018). A theoretical model of human-automation interaction grounded in resource allocation policy during automated driving. International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 5, 225-239.

Unverricht, J., Samuel, S., & Yamani, Y. (2018). Latent hazard anticipation in young drivers: A review and meta-analysis of training studies. Transportation Research Record, 1-9. DOI: 10.1177/0361198118768530.

Yamani, Y., Bicaksiz, P., Palmer, D. B.,Hatfield, N. & Samuel, S. (2018). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a gaze-based training intervention on latent hazard anticipation skills for young drivers: A driving simulator study. Safety, 4, 18. DOI: 10.3390/safety4020018. [OPEN ACCESS]

Yamani, Y. & McCarley, J. S. (2018). Effects of task difficulty and display format on automation usage strategy: A workload capacity analysis. Human Factors, 60, 527-537.

Karpinsky, N. D., Chancey, E. T., Palmer, D. B., & Yamani, Y. (2018). Automation trust and attention allocation in multitasking workspace. Applied Ergonomics, 70, 194-201.

Palmer, D. B., Yamani, Y., Bobrow, T., Karpinsky, N. D., & Krusienski, D. J. (2018). Transient signals and inattentional blindness in a multi-object tracking task. i-Perception. [OPEN ACCESS]

Takao, S., Yamani, Y., & Ariga, A. (2018). The gaze-cueing effect in the United States and Japan: Influence of cultural differences in cognitive strategies on control of attention. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition. [OPEN ACCESS]

2017

Waytowich, N. R., Yamani, Y., & Krusienski, D. J. (2017). Optimization of checkerboard spatial frequencies for steady-state visual evoked potential. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25, 557-565.

Yamani, Y., Neider, M.B., Kramer, A.F., McCarley, J.S. (2017). Characterizing the efficiency of collaborative visual search with systems factorial technology. Archives of Scientific Psychology. [OPEN ACCESS]

Chancey, E. T., Bliss, J. P., Yamani, Y., & Handley, H. A. H. (2017). Trust and the compliance-reliance paradigm: The effects of risk, error bias, and reliability on trust and dependence. Human Factors, 59, 333-345.

2016

Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., Gerardino, L.R., & Fisher, D.L. (2016). Extending analysis of older drivers’ scanning patterns at intersections. Transportation Research Record. (DOI: 10.3141/2602-02).

Samuel, S., Yamani, Y., & Fisher, D. L. (2016). Large reductions are possible in older driver crashes at intersections. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 99, 419-424.

Yamani, Y., Horrey, W. J., Liang, Y., & Fisher, D. L.  (2016). Age-related differences in vehicle control and eye movement patterns at intersections: Older and middle-aged drivers. PLoS One. [OPEN ACCESS]

Ariga, A., Yamada, Y., & Yamani, Y. (2016). Early visual perception potentiated by object affordances: Evidence from a temporal order judgment task. i-Perception. [OPEN ACCESS]

Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., Knodler, M.A., & Fisher, D.L. (2016). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-skill program for training younger drivers on higher cognitive skills. Applied Ergonomics, 52, 135-141.

Yamani, Y., Ariga, A., & Yamada, Y. (2016). Object affordances potentiate responses but do not guide attentional prioritization. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 9:74. [OPEN ACCESS]

Yamani, Y., & McCarley, J.S. (2016). Workload capacity: An RT-based measure of automation dependence. Human Factors, 58, 462-471.

Takao, S., Ariga, A., & Yamani, Y. (2016). Do you trust one’s gaze?: Commonalities and differences in gaze-cueing effect between Americans and Japanese. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9741, 120-129.

2015

Webster, S. K. & Karpinsky, N. D. (Fall 2015). Using COEUR to Assess Undergraduate Research Environment: A Three Stage Model for Institutional Assessment. CUR Quarterly.

Yamani, Y., McCarley, J.S., & Kramer, A.F. (2015). Workload capacity across the visual field in young and older adults. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 3, 62-73. [OPEN ACCESS]

Yamani, Y., Horrey, W. J., Liang, Y., & Fisher D. L. (2015). Sequential in-vehicle glance distributions: An alternative approach for analyzing glance data. Human Factors, 57, 567-572.

2013

Steelman-Allen. K. S., Talleur, D., Carbonari, R., Yamani, Y., Nunes, A., & McCarley, J. S. (2013). Auditory, visual, and bimodal data link displays and how they support pilot performance.  Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 84, 560-566.

Yamani, Y., McCarley, J.S., Mounts, J.R.W., & Kramer, A.F. (2013). Spatial interference between attended items engenders serial visual processing. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 75, 229-243.

2012

McCarley, J.S., Yamani, Y., Kramer, A.F. & Mounts, J.R.W. (2012). Age, clutter, and competitive selection. Psychology and Aging, 27, 616-626.

2011

Yamani, Y., & McCarley, J.S. (2011). Visual search asymmetries persist in heavy clutter: Implications for display design. Human Factors, 53, 299-307.

2010

Yamani, Y., McCarley, J.S., & McDonagh, D. (2010). Transgenerational communication through affective imagery in mood boards. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1762-1765. San Francisco, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Yamani, Y., & McCarley, J.S. (2010). Visual search asymmetries within color-coded and intensity-coded displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(2), 124-132.