Age differences in visual search for traffic signs during a simulated conversation

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 674-685

  McPhee, Lisa C ^a,c,d   Scialfa, Charles T ^a,b,e   Dennis, Wanda M ^a,f   Ho, Geoffrey ^a   Caird, Jeff K ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f Acclaim Energy   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL-TASK CONDITIONS; HIGH-CLUTTER SCENES; RECOGNITION MEMORY; VISUAL SEARCH;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); IMAGE PROCESSING; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC SIGNS; VISION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SIGN TEST; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13144267722     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.4.674.56817     Document Type: Article

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