Evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-skill program for training younger drivers on higher cognitive skills

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-141

  Yamani, Yusuke ^a   Samuel, Siby ^b   Knodler, Michael A ^b   Fisher, Donald L ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Driver training

Indexed keywords

DRIVER TRAINING; HAZARDS;

COGNITIVE SKILL; CONTROL PROGRAM; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; MAINTENANCE TRAINING; MULTI SKILLS; NOVICE DRIVERS; TRAINING PROGRAM;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION MAINTENANCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FORWARD CONCENTRATION AND ATTENTION LEARNING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MITIGATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RISK AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION TRAINING; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; EDUCATION; OCULOGRAPHY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SIMULATION TRAINING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84940992675     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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