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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ageing and driving
T2 - examining the effects of visual processing demands
AU - Leversen, Jonas S. R.
AU - Hopkins, Brian
AU - Sigmundsson, Hermundur
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Being able to respond quickly and carry out tasks concurrently are essential ingredients for safe driving. Both abilities decline with age and thus can compromise driving safety in elderly motorists. We examine this nexus by comparing the performance of a younger adult group (35-45 y) with an older one (+65 y) while completing three dual tasks in a driving simulator: one requiring a simple time reaction response with low visual complexity (Condition 1), another constituting a choice reaction task (Condition 2) and a third simple reaction time task, but with increased visual complexity (Condition 3). There was no significant difference between the two groups in Condition 1. The older group, however, was 27% slower in Condition 2, the choice reaction time task, and 46% slower in Condition 3. There were no differences in error rates for any condition. Future directions in research on ageing and driving abilities as well as the shortcomings of the study are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Being able to respond quickly and carry out tasks concurrently are essential ingredients for safe driving. Both abilities decline with age and thus can compromise driving safety in elderly motorists. We examine this nexus by comparing the performance of a younger adult group (35-45 y) with an older one (+65 y) while completing three dual tasks in a driving simulator: one requiring a simple time reaction response with low visual complexity (Condition 1), another constituting a choice reaction task (Condition 2) and a third simple reaction time task, but with increased visual complexity (Condition 3). There was no significant difference between the two groups in Condition 1. The older group, however, was 27% slower in Condition 2, the choice reaction time task, and 46% slower in Condition 3. There were no differences in error rates for any condition. Future directions in research on ageing and driving abilities as well as the shortcomings of the study are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Dual task
KW - Choice reaction time
KW - Error rates
KW - Driving stimulator
KW - Frontal cortex
KW - Visual processing
KW - White matter
KW - RESPONSE-INHIBITION
KW - REACTION-TIME
KW - OLDER-ADULTS
KW - ATTENTION
KW - BEHAVIOR
KW - SKILLS
KW - BRAIN
KW - AGE
U2 - 10.1016/j.trf.2012.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.trf.2012.11.003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
JF - Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
SN - 1369-8478
ER -