Aging and driving in a complex world: Exploring age differences in attentional demand while driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-133

  Stinchcombe, Arne ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Complexity; Driving; Motor vehicle collision; PDT

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; VEHICLES;

ATTENTION; COMPLEXITY; DRIVING; DRIVING ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLEXITY; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; PERIPHERAL DETECTION TASKS; SIMULATED DRIVING;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 84871821470     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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