Personality traits and executive functions related to on-road driving performance among older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1652-1659

  Adrian, Julien ^a,c   Postal, Virginie ^b   Moessinger, Michle ^a   Rascle, Nicole ^b   Charles, André ^b  

^a RENAULT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CEESAR Centre Européen d'Etudes de Sécurité et d'Analyses des Risques   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; Driving performance; Executive functions; Older drivers; Personality

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; OLDER DRIVERS; PERSONALITY;

DRIVEWAYS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; DRIVER LICENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79958225922     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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