Association between higher order visual processing abilities and a history of motor vehicle collision involvement by drivers ages 70 and over

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 778-782

  Friedman, Carly ^a   McGwin, Gerald ^b,c,d   Ball, Karlene K ^e   Owsley, Cynthia ^c  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Kentucky   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874681800     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11249     Document Type: Article

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