Computational modeling of age-differences in a visually demanding driving task: vehicle detection

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 336-346

  Ellis, R Darin ^b   Meitzler, Thomas J ^c   Witus, Gary ^a,d   Sohn, Euijung ^c   Bryk, Darryl ^c   Goetz, Richard ^c   Gerhart, Grant R ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c US Army Tank Automotive Command   (United States)

^d Turing Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISION;

AGE DIFFERENCES; NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE CENTER VISUAL PERCEPTION MODEL; VEHICLE DETECTION; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033702033     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.844357     Document Type: Article

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