Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle based on determined complexity of contextual environment

A vehicle, comprising:

• one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• receive contextual information and vehicle information, the contextual information characterizing a contextual environment surrounding the vehicle, the vehicle information characterizing vehicle operations of the vehicle;
• determine in an ongoing manner, based on at least one of the contextual information and the vehicle information, values of a complexity metric, the complexity metric quantifying at least one of a predicted complexity of a current contextual environment and a predicted complexity of a likely needed response to a change in the contextual information;
• filter, based on the values of the complexity metric, the contextual information spatially, wherein the level to which information is filtered spatially is based on the values of the complexity metric such that an amount of contextual information forming a basis on which to respond to a particular event is spatially reduced or increased commensurate with spatial focusing on the spatially reduced or increased contextual environment;
• and
• control, based on the vehicle information and the spatially filtered contextual information, the vehicle such that the likely needed response is satisfied.