Decision making and personality in traffic offenders: A study of Israeli drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Lev, Dror ^a   Hershkovitz, Eyal ^a   Yechiam, Eldad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive modeling; Decision making; Driving; Individual differences; Personality; Traffic offences

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING;

COGNITIVE MODELING; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; ISRAEL; PERSONALITY; TRAFFIC OFFENCES;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38149020589     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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