Poor sense of direction is associated with constricted driving space in older drivers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-355

  Turano, Kathleen A ^a,b   Munoz, Beatriz ^a,b   Hassan, Shirin E ^c   Duncan, Donald D ^d   Gower, Emily W ^a,b   Roche, Karen B ^e   Keay, Lisa ^b,f   Munro, Cynthia A ^b   West, Sheila K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drivers; Driving restriction; Driving space; Gender; Navigational ability; Sense of direction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION TEST;

EID: 65349160549     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp017     Document Type: Article

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