Near peripheral motion contrast threshold predicts older drivers' simulator performance

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-109

  Henderson, Steven ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^b   Collin, Charles ^b   Tabone, Ricardo ^b   Stinchcombe, Arne ^b  

^a Transportation Safety Board of Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast threshold; Older drivers; Peripheral motion; Simulator performance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RISKS; AGE-RELATED; ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTRAST THRESHOLD; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; OLDER DRIVERS; PARTIAL CORRELATION; PERIPHERAL MOTION; USEFUL FIELD OF VIEW; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL FUNCTIONS;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

SIMULATORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84870295783     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.03.035     Document Type: Article

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