Validation of a driving simulator by measuring the visual attention skill of older adult drivers

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Lee, Hoe C ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Cameron, Don ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Off road screening; Road safety; Simulated driving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SCREENING; SIMULATOR; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGING; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042922791     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.3.324     Document Type: Article

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