@article{ref1,
title="Visual attention and older drivers: the contribution of inhibition of return to safe driving",
journal="Experimental aging research",
year="2006",
author="Bédard, M. and Leonard, E. and McAuliffe, Jim and Weaver, Bruce and Gibbons, Claire and Dubois, Sacha",
volume="32",
number="2",
pages="119-135",
abstract="Increasing data suggest that visual attention may be impaired in some older drivers, and that such impairment may be related to poorer driving abilities and a higher crash risk. Because effective scanning of the environment is important for safe driving, the authors sought to examine the relationship between a reflexive visual attention mechanism and driving. To examine this issue the authors conducted a preliminary study using the inhibition of return (IOR) paradigm, which has been labeled as a fundamental search mechanism. Forty-one drivers aged 55 and over completed two on-road driving evaluations and IOR testing. After accounting for the contribution of age, IOR statistically predicted overall driving evaluation scores (p = .045), and the number of errors in scanning the environment (p = .031). To the authors' knowledge these findings represent the first documentation of a relationship between IOR and driving. The results are informative regarding the importance of reflexive visual attention mechanisms towards safe driving.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-073X",
doi="10.1080/03610730500511918",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610730500511918"
}