Capturing the serial nature of older drivers' responses towards challenging events: A simulator study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 809-817

  Bélanger, Alexandre ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^a   Yamin, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attention; Serial and parallel processing; Simulator; Surprising events

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AGEING; CRASH RATE; CRASH RISK; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; LOCAL ANALYSIS; NASA-TLX; OLDER DRIVERS; ORIENTATION DATA; PARALLEL PROCESSING; REACTION TIME; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; SUBJECTIVE WORKLOAD; TIME PRESSURES; USEFUL FIELD OF VIEW;

NASA; ROADS AND STREETS;

SIMULATORS;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950430987     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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