Cognitive training decreases motor vehicle collision involvement of older drivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2107-2113

  Ball, Karlene ^a   Edwards, Jerri D ^b   Ross, Lesley A ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTIVE study; cognitive training transfer; interventions; motor vehicle collisions; older drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REASONING; COGNITIVE TRAINING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 78449299673     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03138.x     Document Type: Article

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