Identifying and remedying failures of selective attention in younger drivers

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 255-259

  Pollatsek, Alexander ^a   Fisher, Donald L ^b   Pradhan, Anuj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving; Novices; Training; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751294097     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00447.x     Document Type: Review

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