The roles of working memory capacity, visual attention and age in driving performance

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 170-174

  Lambert, Ann E ^a   Watson, Jason M ^a   Cooper, Joel M ^a   Strayer, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; COGNITIVE CONTROL; COGNITIVE FACTORS; COLLEGE STUDENTS; DRIVING ABILITIES; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; OLDER ADULTS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SIMULATED DRIVING; TRAFFIC FATALITIES; USEFUL FIELD OF VIEW; VISUAL ATTENTION; WORKING MEMORIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; STUDENTS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 79952919267     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118110X12829369200198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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