The impact of Stereotype Threat on the simulated driving performance of older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 530-538

  Joanisse, Mélanie ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^a,b   Voloaca, Mihnea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Driving; Transportation

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

AGEISM; CONTROL GROUPS; DOMAIN IDENTIFICATION; DRIVING; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MODEL; SIMULATED DRIVING; STEREOTYPE THREAT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84870295534     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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