Aging and time-sharing in highway driving

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 716-723

  Wikman, Anna Stina ^a   Summala, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Driving ability; Driving performance; Older drivers; Open road; Time sharing; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; NEUROLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROADS AND STREETS; TARGETS; TIME SHARING SYSTEMS;

DIVIDED ATTENTION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; OLDER DRIVERS; OPEN ROAD; TIME-SHARING; VISUAL ATTENTION;

VISION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VELOCITY; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 24144455265     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000174721.33377.b8     Document Type: Article

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