Improving older drivers' hazard perception ability

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 464-469

  Horswill, Mark S ^a   Kemala, Cut N ^a   Wetton, Mark ^a   Scialfa, Charles T ^b   Pachana, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticipatory skill; Driving; Older adults; Stroop test; Useful field of view

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING; AGING; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; LEARNING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUEENSLAND; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954023774     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017306     Document Type: Article

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