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Objective:To explore the change of attentive characteristics and subjective evaluation of mental fatigue un-der the condition of driving simulation.Methods:16 healthy taxi drivers(all males) were involved in this research.The change of attentive characteristics and the self-rating scale for subjective fatigue symptoms were both recorded before and after six-hour driving simulation.Because of the own control design,the drivers' attentive characteristics and self-rating scales were measured again in their off days.Results:There was significant difference in the changes of attentive charac-teristics in the experimental group,but no significant difference in the control group.And there was no significant differ-ence of subjective evaluation either in the experimental group or control group.Conclusion:Under the condition of driv-ing simulation,the attentive characteristics of drivers were changed,say,they were impaired,even though they did not per-ceive the feelings of fatigue.