Spatial and temporal processing in healthy aging: Implications for perceptions of driving skills

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 446-470

  Conlon, Elizabeth ^a   Herkes, Kathleen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Driving; Form Coherence; Gender; Motion Coherence; Rapid visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 46349106376     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580701878008     Document Type: Article

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