Risky car following in abstinent users of MDMA

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 867-873

  Dastrup, Elizabeth ^a   Lees, Monica N ^b   Bechara, Antoine ^c   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^a   Rizzo, Matthew ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following; Coherence; Ecstasy (MDMA); Fourier analysis

Indexed keywords

CAR FOLLOWING; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; HEADWAY DISTANCE; LEAD VEHICLES; RISK TAKING; RISKY DRIVING; SHORTER DELAYS; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY CHANGES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CONTROL THEORY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUP DELAY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950329481     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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