Cognitive functioning predicts driver safety on road tests 1 and 2 years later

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-105

  Aksan, Nazan ^a   Anderson, Steven W ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b   Johnson, Amy M ^b   Uc, Ergun Y ^a,d   Rizzo, Matthew ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Neurology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive decline; instrumented vehicle; neuropsychological tests; safety errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VIDEORECORDING; VISION; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855829666     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03739.x     Document Type: Article

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