Misjudging their own steps: Why elderly people have trouble crossing the road

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 600-607

  Zivotofsky, Ari Z ^a   Eldror, Ehud ^a   Mandel, Roi ^a   Rosenbloom, Tova ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

aging; prospective estimation; retrospective estimation; time estimation; traffic safety

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELDERLY PEOPLE; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; OLDER PEOPLE; STREET CROSSING; TIME ESTIMATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ESTIMATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

AGED; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84863898673     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812447945     Document Type: Article

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