Near peripheral motion detection threshold correlates with self-reported failures of attention in younger and older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1189-1194

  Henderson, Steven ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^b   Bélanger, Alexandre ^b   Tabone, Ricardo ^b   Collin, Charles ^b  

^a Transportation Safety Board of Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident risk; Contrast threshold; Older drivers; Peripheral motion; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RISKS; AGING DRIVERS; ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; CONTRAST THRESHOLD; HAZARD DETECTION; MOTION DETECTION; OLDER DRIVERS; POTENTIAL VALUES; PROCESSING SPEED; RIGHT AND LEFT; SELF-REPORT; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL FUNCTIONS;

ACCIDENTS;

ABERRATIONS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955317905     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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