Driving Skills Training for Older Adults: An Assessment of DriveSharp

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 532-544

  Johnston, Katherine A ^a   Borkenhagen, David ^a   Scialfa, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive training; Drive Sharp; driving skills; hazard perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION TEST; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SAFETY;

EID: 84949527500     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S071498081500046X     Document Type: Article

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