Effects of age and task load on drivers' response accuracy and reaction time when responding to traffic lights

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Salvia, Emilie ^a   Petit, Claire ^b   Champely, Stéphane ^c   Chomette, René ^d   Di Rienzo, Franck ^e   Collet, Christian ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RENAULT   (France)

^c University Lyon 1   (France)

^d Ecole de Conduite Française CESR   (France)

^e Univ Lyon University Jean Monnet Saint Etienne   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive impairment; Driving; Reaction time; Response accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPONSE ACCURACY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK LOAD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC LIGHT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84983247053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00169     Document Type: Article

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