Cognitive failures as predictors of driving errors, lapses, and violations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1223-1233

  Wickens, Christine M ^a   Toplak, Maggie E ^a   Wiesenthal, David L ^a  

^a York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention regulation; Cognitive failures; Distractibility; Driver behaviour questionnaire; Dual process models; Impulsivity; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION REGULATION; COGNITIVE FAILURES; DRIVER BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; DUAL-PROCESS MODELS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY;

EID: 42749091243     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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