The crash involvement of older drivers is associated with their hazard perception latencies

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 939-944

  Horswill, Mark S ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^b   Hatherly, Christopher G ^b   Wood, Joanne M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Automobile driver examinations; Automobile driving standards; Motor vehicles; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451474625     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561771000055X     Document Type: Article

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