Impact of age and cognitive demand on lane choice and changing under actual highway conditions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-132

  Reimer, Bryan ^a   Donmez, Birsen ^a,c   Lavallière, Martin ^a,b   Mehler, Bruce ^a   Coughlin, Joseph F ^a   Teasdale, Normand ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive workload; Distraction; Lane change behavior; Lane choice; Passing

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE WORKLOADS; DISTRACTION; LANE CHANGE; LANE CHOICE; PASSING;

AGING OF MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; DIGITAL STORAGE;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872366780     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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