Visual attention and self-regulation of driving among older adults

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-173

  Okonkwo, Ozioma C ^a   Crowe, Michael ^a,b   Wadley, Virginia G ^a,b,c   Ball, Karlene ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Driving self restriction; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DARKNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; WEATHER;

EID: 37149015123     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020700539X     Document Type: Article

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