Alternative avenues in the assessment of driving capacities in older drivers and implications for training

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 370-374

  Gamache, Pierre Luc ^a,b   Hudon, Carol ^a,c   Teasdale, Normand ^a,b   Simoneau, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; driving; elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650346638     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410388641     Document Type: Article

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