Cognition, but Not Sensation, Mediates Age-Related Changes in the Ability to Monitor the Environment

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 665-670

  Fiorentino, Dary D ^a  

^a Southern California Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

age differences; driving; visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SENSATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54049147288     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013285     Document Type: Article

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