Mental workload when driving in a simulator: Effects of age and driving complexity

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 763-771

  Cantin, Vincent ^a,b   Lavallière, Martin ^b,c   Simoneau, Martin ^b,c   Teasdale, Normand ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Driving; Intersections; Mental workload; Simulator

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; INTERSECTIONS; MICROPHONES; PROBES;

DRIVING; DRIVING SCENARIOS; DRIVING SITUATIONS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; MENTAL WORKLOAD; OVERTAKING MANEUVERS; STATIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL INTERVALS;

SIMULATORS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 67349162621     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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