Speed-of-Processing and Driving Simulator Training Result in Improved Driving Performance
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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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Performance on the UFOV has been shown to predict driving problems and interventions aimed at speed dual-task processing have been shown to reduce accidents in older drivers.
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- Authors
- Roenker, D. L., Cissell, G. M., Ball, K. K., Wadley, V. G., & Edwards, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Western Kentucky University (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Venue
- Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 218-233
- ISSN
- 0018-7208 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-8181
- OpenAlex
- W2105276643
- Cited by
- 469
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 40.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (2r44ag009727-02a2)
- National Institute on Aging (R44AG09727)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Older Adults Driving Studies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Keywords
- speed of processing training, useful field of view, driving simulator training, older adults, driving performance, cognitive intervention, transfer of training, lane changing, driving assessment, cognitive aging
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Attention, Automobile Driving, Computer Simulation, Humans, Middle Aged, Reaction Time, United States, Visual Perception
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