Wakefulness in young and elderly subjects driving at night in a car simulator

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1001-1007

  Lowden, Arne ^a   Anund, Anna ^b,c   Kecklund, Göran ^a,b   Peters, Björn ^c   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Alertness; Brain activity; Cortisol; Nocturnal

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALERTNESS; BRAIN ACTIVITY; CORTISOL; NOCTURNAL;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY BANDS;

BRAIN;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049121841     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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