TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Relationships between older drivers' cognitive abilities as assessed on the MoCA and glance patterns during visual-manual radio tuning while driving
JO  - Journals of gerontology. Series B: psychological sciences and social sciences
A1  - Lee, Joonbum
A1  - Mehler, Bruce
A1  - Reimer, Bryan
A1  - Ebe, Kazutoshi
A1  - Coughlin, Joseph F.
SP  - 1190
EP  - 1197
VL  - 73
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Research has established that long off-road glances increase crash risk, and other work has shown increased off-road glance behavior in older drivers. This study investigated the relationship between older drivers' (M = 66.3, range 61-69 years) cognitive abilities and the duration of off-road glances while engaged in secondary visual-manual activities. <br><br>METHOD: Twenty-two drivers completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) prior to driving an instrumented vehicle and completing a set of radio-tuning tasks. Glance behavior was recorded and manually coded into 7 glance regions (toward the forward roadway, instrument cluster, center stack, rearview mirror, left, right, and other). <br><br>RESULTS: On average, older drivers with higher MoCA scores used shorter glances and glanced away from the forward roadway for less total time when manually tuning the radio. <br><br>DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that lower MoCA scores may represent a driving force behind the "age" differences reported in earlier studies of off-road glance behavior. Questions are raised concerning the identification of MoCA scores that might be used as inclusion cut-points in driving research and in identifying individuals needing further evaluation related to suitability for continuance of driving.<br><br>© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-5014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw131
ID  - ref1
ER  -