TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Speed-of-processing and driving simulator training result in improved driving performance
JO  - Human factors
A1  - Edwards, Jerri D.
A1  - Wadley, Virginia G.
A1  - Ball, Karlene K.
A1  - Cissell, Gayla M.
A1  - Roenker, Daniel L.
SP  - 218
EP  - 233
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
N2  - Useful field of view, a measure of processing speed and spatial attention, can be improved with training. We evaluated the effects of this improvement on older adults' driving performance. Elderly adults participated in a speed-of-processing training program (N = 48), a traditional driver training program performed in a driving simulator (N = 22), or a low-risk reference group (N = 25). Before training, immediately after training or an equivalent time delay, and after an 18-month delay each participant was evaluated in a driving simulator and completed a 14-mile (22.5-km) open-road driving evaluation. Speed-of-processing training, but not simulator training, improved a specific measure of useful field of view (UFOV), transferred to some simulator measures, and resulted in fewer dangerous maneuvers during the driving evaluation. The simulator-trained group improved on two driving performance measures: turning into the correct lane and proper signal use. Similar effects were not observed in the speed-of-processing training or low-risk reference groups. The persistence of these effects over an 18-month test interval was also evaluated. Actual or potential applications of this research include driver assessment and/or training programs and cognitive intervention programs for older adults.
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SN  - 0018-7208
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -