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Silvia Guidi; Anna Kosovicheva; Benjamin Wolfe – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Drivers must respond promptly to a wide range of possible road hazards, from trucks veering into their lane to pedestrians stepping onto the road. While drivers' vision is tested at the point of licensure, visual function can degrade, and drivers may not notice how these changes impact their ability to notice and respond to events in the world in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles
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Nicholas J. Wyche; Mark Edwards; Stephanie C. Goodhew – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The Useful Field of View task (UFOV) is a strong and reliable predictor of crash risk in older drivers. However, while the functional domain of attention is clearly implicated in UFOV performance, the potential role of one specific attentional process remains unclear: attentional breadth (the spatial extent of the attended region around the point…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Older Adults, Attention Control, Risk