Prepared for the expected but unready for the unexpected: Unmet distractor expectations slow braking responsiveness but improve lane-keeping precision in a virtual driving simulation

• Andrea Massironi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.massironi9@campus.unimib.it

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Mind and Behavior Technological Center – MiBTec, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0057-5908

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• Marco A. Petilli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Mind and Behavior Technological Center – MiBTec, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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• Carlotta Lega,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Mind and Behavior Technological Center – MiBTec, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI), Milan, Italy

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• Simone Fontana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication (DISCo), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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• Emanuela Bricolo

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Mind and Behavior Technological Center – MiBTec, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI), Milan, Italy

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