Quantifying age-related differences in visual-discrimination capacity: Drivers with and without visual impairment

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-531

  Ortiz, Carolina ^a   Castro, José J ^a   Alarcón, Aixa ^a   Soler, Margarita ^a   Anera, Rosario G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cataract; Safety driving; Visual discrimination capacity

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SOFTWARE TESTING; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VISION;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; CATARACT; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; OPTICAL QUALITIES; RETINAL IMAGE QUALITY; VISUAL PERFORMANCE; VISUAL-DISCRIMINATION CAPACITY;

ALDEHYDES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING HABITS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LICENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA IMAGE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84875108163     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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