| M | Ref. | Emotion | No.Sub | Regulation Method | Platform | Measurement | Scenarios | Analysis method | Regulation Result |
| Visual Regulation | [143] | Anger | 21, male 12, female 9 | Visual intervention, State feedback | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Two-way four-lane highway scene, straight section | ANOVA | The regulation quality of the cold hue was better than the warm hue, the positive expression was bet- ter than the negative expression |
| [144] | Anger | 70, male 42, female28 | State feedback | Simulator | Self-reported scale | Three-lane highway with moderate traffic | Paired t-test | Drivers preferred to receive only safety- critical notifica- tions of their state but appreciated a progressive status indicator for easier interpretation |
| [145] | Anger | 30, male 15, female 15 | Ambient light | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement | Multiple curves, intersections with stop lines and several sets of traffic lights | ANOVA | Blue light as a chro- matic cue could pro- mote relaxation and reduce physiological reactions associated with negative emo- tions |
| [146] | Anger | 52, male 19, female 33 | Visual intervention | On-road | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | The first route is no congestion on the trail, the second route includes major trunk roads and interstate sections | ANOVA | Advance warning of potential congestion reduced aggressive driving behavior of participants with high anger tendency, but increased aggres- sive behavior of participants with low anger tendency |
| [144] | Anger | 70, male 42, female28 | State feedback | Simulator | Self-reported scale | Three-lane highway with moderate traffic | Paired t-test | Drivers preferred to receive only safety- critical notifica- tions of their state but appreciated a progressive status indicator for easier interpretation |
| [147] | Valence | 328, male 219, female 109 | Visual intervention, State feedback | Simulator | Self-reported scale | Near busy commer- cial street | ANOVA, paired t-test | Older respondents and less experienced drivers preferred systems with fewer visual elements. Extroverted drivers were more open to intervention |
| [148] | Arousal | 15, male 8, female 7 | Visual relaxation techniques (VR) | On-road | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement | Neighborhoods, mountains, and highway sections | ANOVA | Calm VR applications are ideal for automo- tive environments |
| [149] | Valence, Arousal | 12, male 8, female 4 | Ambient light | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Car-following task on a nearly empty highway, several annoying driving maneuvers from other drivers on a busy highway | ANOVA, Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, Random Forest Clas- sifier | Driving performance has been improved with the ambient lighting. Both blue and orange lights help drivers stay in lane |
| [150] | Frustration | 40, male 20, female 20 | Vibration | On-road | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement | A 12.3 mile GPS- guided route comprised of urban, mountain, and highway roads | Subject analysis | Most participants experienced the intervention as helpful to reduce breathing pace, and that this reduction led to a decrease in perceived stress |
| Tactile Regulation | [151] | Arousal | 24, male 12, female 12 | Vibration | On-road | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Simulate commute conditions, includ- ing turns, straight pathways, and stop signs | ANOVA | Haptic intervention to be successful in both user adoption and system effectiveness with an 82% rate of engagement in inter- vention and clear reduction of breath- ing rate and physi- ological arousal, with no effect on driving safety and minimal effect on performance |
| [152] | Arousal | 24, male 12, female 12 | Vibration | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Cities (complex - users can interact with more cars, road signs, pedestrians, turns, etc.) and highways (simple) | Mixed analysis of variance paired t-test, post hoc multiple compari- son | Tactile guidance systems can reduce the driver’s respira- tory rate and provide continuous post- intervention effect without affecting driving safety. Sub- jectively, most par- ticipants preferred tactile stimulation |
| [153] | Arousal | 10, male 8, female 2 | Vibration | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement | Road (highway, city), times of day (day, night), and traffic levels (low, heavy, fast) | Subject analysis | Fast breathing inter- ventions are more or less appropriate and beneficial (e.g., during long, monoto- nous drives on the highway or at night vs. complex or tense driving scenarios) |
| [154] | Arousal | 34, male 24, female 10 | Temperature | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Two monotonous highway route- seone with short- term cooling at the end and one without, with very little traffic | Two-sided Wilcoxon test | Cooling applied dur- ing a monotonous drive increased the alertness of driver, cooling has positive short-term effect on drivers’ wakefulness |
| [155] | Arousal | 25 | Vibration | Simulator | Driving behavior | A road test was conducted with a truck on a test track and in an urban environment | ANOVA | Haptic warning signals were as effective as the auditory warning signals in dealing with lane departures, both in normal driv- ing situations and in a driving + second- ary task situation |
| [156] | Anger | 40, male 24, female 16 | Rose, Peppermint, Civet | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Straight country roads with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour, including green light, vehicle cut-off, slow front car, cut off the bicycle, etc | Wilcoxon signed ranks test, Kruskal Wallis test | Pleasant scents such as rose and mint are able to shift the driv- er’s mood towards positive valence |
| [157] | Frustration | 25 | Peppermint, Cinnamon | Simulator | Self-reported scale | One hour and two hours driving | Two-within analysis of variance | The use of cinna- mon and mint will increase alertness, reduce time require- ments and reduce frustration during driving scenes. The smell of mint reduces anxiety and fatigue |
| Olfactory Regulation | [158] | Arousal | 10, male 8, female 2 | Mint, Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Lemon | Simulator | Driving behavior | Drive right along centerline on expressway with straight and curved sections at the velocity of 100 km/h | Lane departure analysis | Fragrance presenta- tion to drivers at the wheel can induce wakefulness and peppermint presenta- tion is suggested to be the most effective |
| [159] | Arousal, Valence | 22, male 14, female 8 | Lavender, Mint, Lemon | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Driving started on a motorway and participants were instructed to drive in any direc- tion, following the traffic rules | Paired samples t-test | Olfactory notifications are perceived as less distracting, more comfortable, and more helpful than visual notifications. Drivers also make less driving mistakes when exposed to olfactory notifica- tions |
| [160] | Arousal, Valence | 30, male 24, female 6 | Lemon, Lavender, Mint, Rose | Simulator | Self-reported scale | Driving scenarios of “deceleration”, “refueling” and “passing through the point of inter- est” | One way ANOVA | Establish a mapping between “lemon, peppermint” and “four different odors” (lemon, peppermint) and “one related to driving” |
| [161] | Arousal, Valence | 21, male 11, female 10 | Lavender | Simulator | Driving behavior | A speeding scenario, the driving task involves overtaking slower vehicles, there are also on coming vehicles and pedes- trians involved | Two-way repeated measures ANOVA | When receiving olfac- tory notifications, participants have reduced the speed significantly faster, exceeded the speed limit fewer times |
| [162] | Arousal, Valence | 4, male 4 | Perfume | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Highway | Lateral displacement analysis | Intermittent presenta- tion of the fragrance was effective in keeping a driver alert |
| [163] | Arousal, Calm | 10, male 5, female 5 | Vanilla, Lavender | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | A road consisting of curves, straights, and roundabouts | Main effect analysis | The fragrance does not affect the reduction of speed. Due to the presence of aroma, the drivers’ mood calmed down |
| [5] | Anger | 30, male 20, female 10 | Empathetic speech | Empathetic speech | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Two-way four-lane highway scene, straight driving phase, obstacle avoidance phase | ANOVA | Active empathetic speech showed significantly better regulation quality than text-to-speech on some indicators of driver subjective feeling, prefrontal lobe activity and driving behavior |
| [164] | Anger | 60, male 34, female26 | Auditory interven- tion | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | The scenario included an urban road (with speed limit 40 mph) and a highway (with speed limit 50-65 mph) | ANOVA, paired sample t-test | Speech-based agents not only enhance driver situation awareness and driv- ing performance, but also reduce their anger level and per- ceived workload |
| [165] | Anger | 60, male 33, female 27 | Auditory interven- tion | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Free driving, lane change, pedestri- ans, traffic lights, crossroads, bus stop, a motorcycle came from the left crosswalk when turning right | ANOVA, post hoc analysis | Both positive and negative comments can reduce the driv- er’s anger state and perceived workload, and improve driving performance, and positive comments are more effective than negative com- ments |
| [166] | Anger | 91, male 72, female 19 | Adaptive music | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Highways (easy cases) and rural roads have unexpe- cted dangers, such as stones on the road (medium cases), roads in fog and snow (difficult cases) | ANOVA, paired t-test | Angry drivers who did not listen to music has riskier driving behavior than emotion-neutral drivers, music could help angry drivers react at the similar level to emotion- neutral drivers |
| [167] | Anger | 53, male 44, female 9 | Adaptive music | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | A tunnel driving part with low visibility and a lane blockage, fol- lowed by an easily frustrating section full of frequent red lights and stop signs | One way ANOVA, paired t-test | Participants who listened to happy or sad music had sig- nificantly fewer driv- ing errors than those who did not listen to music. No significant difference was found under happy and sad music conditions |
| [168] | Anger | 61, male 45, female16 | Adaptive music | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Simple (roads), medium (rural roads) and difficult (fog and snow roads) | ANOVA, paired t-test, post hoc analysis | No specific emotional music significantly affected the par- ticipants’ subjective emotional score. Angry drivers showed more aggres- sive driving behavior when listening to optional concerts |
| [169] | Anger | 30, male 18, female 12 | Adaptive music | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Six lane highway with medium traf- fic flow. Participants were asked to follow the traffic in the central lane | ANOVA | Music with a specific rhythm or familiarity will be significantly better in alleviating anger and improving driving performance |
| Auditory Regulation | [170] | Anger, Sadness | 60, male 42, female 18 | Empathetic speech | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Car following | ANOVA | Empathy assistants are the most positive way to resonate with users, and they work best to improve negative states |
| [171] | Anger, Depression | 60, male 30, female 30 | Auditory interven- tion | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Traffic congestion, traffic jams, pedes- trian crossing and bad weather | Independent sample t-test paired sam- ple t-test, two-way ANOVA | Familiar sounds has a more positive impact on the driver’s driving feeling and driving performance (avoiding traffic accidents, abiding by traffic rules and lane deviation) than unfamiliar sounds |
| [172] | Frustration | 36, male 18, female 18 | Auditory interven- tion (reappraisal) | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Traffic conges- tion, vehicle confluence, traffic lights, Curved roads, slippery roads and low vis- ibility | ANOVA | Participants in the reappraisal-down condition had better driving behavior and reported less nega- tive emotions than participants in the other conditions |
| [173] | 3] Frustration | 32, male 20, female 12 | Situation selection Situation modifica- tion Attention deploy- ment, Cognitive change, Response modula- tion | focus groups | Self-reported scale | - | Non-parametric tests | Speech interventions seem particularly promising, prob- ably due to the high naturalness and the comparably little cognitive strain imposed by spoken language and audi- tory interaction on other tasks |
| [174] | Sadness, Happiness | 17, male 8, female 9 | Adaptive music | Simulator | Driving behavior | Highway, two lanes with each direc- tion, use daytime dry road conditions with good visib- ility; the route does not include other road users | ANOVA | Happy music dis- tracted drivers the most as their mean speed unexpect- edly decreased and their lateral control deteriorated. Sad music influenced drivers in a different way as they drove slowly and kept their vehicle in its lane |
| [175] | Happiness, Upset | 40, male 20, female 20 | Empathetic speech | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Country roads (including other vehicles) | ANOVA | When user emotion matched car voice emotion (happy/ energetic and upset/ subdued), drivers had fewer accidents, attended more to the road (actual and per- ceived), and spoke more to the car |
| [176] | Valence | 36, male 18, female 18 | Auditory interven- tion | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Straight, curve, vir- tual passenger | ANOVA | Warnings associated with the environ- ment works best. Drivers felt most at-ease, they liked the system, they rated the quality of the car higher, and their measured atten- tion to the road was better |
| [177] | Valence | 18, male 9, female 9 | Auditory interven- tion | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Contains a variety of ANOV dangerous driving scenes: curves, thick fog, radar | | There was a clear positive effect of driving with the in-car information system; drivers felt more confident driv- ing, they completed the driving course in less time, and had fewer accidents |
| [178] | Valence | 22, male 14, female 8 | Adaptive music | On-road | Self-reported scale, Driving behavior | Three driving hours (morning, after- noon and evening)and three road types ( resi- dential, Boule- vard and intercity Expressway) | ANOVA | In travel parameters (duration, distance, estimated travel speed) or perceived motion parameters (distraction, control and performance level), there was no difference between alternative music background and driver’s preferred music |
| [179] | Arousal | 20 | Empathetic speech | On-road | Driving behavior | Participants engaged in simulated cell phone calls while completing the primary task of driving while responding to the LEDs | ANOVA, paired t-test | Adding an angry emotional valence to the speech increased alertness level, resulting in reduced driver distraction, likely via increases in right frontopari- etal networks |
| [152] | Arousal | 24, male 12, female 12 | Auditory interven- tion (breath) | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Cities (complex - users can interact with more cars, road signs, pedestrians, turns, etc.) and highways (simple) | Mixed analysis of variance paired t-test, post hoc multiple comparison | Voice guidance sys- tems can reduce the driver’s respiratory rate and provide continuous post- intervention effect without affecting driving safety |
| [180] | Valence, Arousal | 19, male 13, female 6 | Adaptive music | Simulator | Self-reported scale, Physiological meas- urement, Driving behavior | Rural roads, simple curves (about 80%), with an average of 15 buses passing through every minute | ANOVA, post hoc multiple comparison | Music affects the mood when driving. respiration rate was lower during music listening compared to rides without music, and the effect of music on heart rate is not found |