Effects of in-car support on mental workload and driving performance of older drivers

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-476

  Davidse, Ragnhild J ^a   Hagenzieker, Marjan P ^b   Van Wolffelaar, Peter C ^c   Brouwer, Wiebo H ^c  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CRUISE CONTROLS; ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS; AGE GROUPS; CROSS-TRAFFIC; DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SIMULATOR; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MENTAL WORKLOAD; OLDER DRIVERS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; SAFE MOBILITY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349665183     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809344977     Document Type: Article

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