The reaction times of drivers aged 20 to 80 during a divided attention driving

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 810-814

  Svetina, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

distraction; driver behavior; elderly; reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT; CAR DRIVING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988843612     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1157590     Document Type: Review

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