Visual difficulties reported by low-vision and nonimpaired older adult drivers

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 469-478

  McGregor, Loretta Neal ^a,c,d   Chaparro, Alex ^b  

^a OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology and Counseling ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYNAMIC ACUITY; LOW-VISION DRIVERS; PERIPHERAL VISION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVER; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NIGHT VISION; PERIPHERAL VISION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; AGED; CAR DRIVING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644849322     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872005774859953     Document Type: Article

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