Download or read book Assessing and Improving the Cognitive and Visual Driving Fitness of Older Long haul Truck Drivers written by Shelley B. Bhattacharya and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driving is a highly dynamic task that requires intact cognitive and visual skills to perform safely. Driving trucks loaded with hazardous materials requires even more careful planning and consideration to avoid unanticipated shifts in the center of gravity associated with sharp turns while speeding (slushing) or liquid surge associated with sharp braking. Such planning and consideration are highly dependent on cognitive and visual skills for accuracy. In the first year of this proposal, we developed a driving fitness assessment battery that consisted of tests that have been shown in the geriatric literature to be reliable and valid measures of driving-related cognitive and visual skills in older adults. These tests consist of the Snellen Maze Test, Trails A and B, Range of Motion and Gait Speed. Cognitively, the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) has had significant limitations in driving fitness; therefore, alternative cognitive tools such as the Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) exam were included, if appropriate.. Drivers with a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) will be recruited and given this battery of tests to: 1) Assess their cognitive and visual fitness, 2) establish the usefulness and effectiveness of these tests to drivers before embarking on the journey, and 3) identify potential risk factors that contribute to unsafe driving. This is Year 1 of a five-year grant. Over the course of the grant, we anticipate the study will be helpful in identifying drivers who have cognitive and/or visual impairments that may make driving a truck, especially one carrying hazardous materials, unsafe. A unique aspect of this part of the study is the possibility of improving driving fitness by offering drivers with demonstrated cognitive and visual deficits the opportunity to retrain and improve such skills in a technologically advanced high-fidelity simulator.

Download or read book Assessing and Improving the Cognitive and Visual Driving Fitness of Older Long haul Truck Drivers Phase I written by Shelley B. Bhattacharya and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing the Improving the Cognitive and Visual Driving Fitness of CDL Drivers Phase II written by Shelley B. Bhattacharya and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing the Driving Ability of the Elderly written by Ellen D. Taira and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much-needed book explores the extensive literature on assessing the driving ability of the elderly and provides specific guidelines for practitioners working with the well and the frail older driver. As the number of elderly drivers increases, therapists are being called upon to evaluate drivers who have become physically, cognitively, or otherwise impaired but who wish to continue to drive. Motor vehicle departments are not always equipped to screen out potential hazardous drivers nor are other health professionals with only brief opportunities to assess function. This timely book features preliminary research studies of vital interest to occupational therapists on the driving ability of the elderly. Assessing the Driving Ability of the Elderly provides a general overview of the literature on elderly drivers; reports the results of 21 screening instruments that test older persons visual, motor, and cognitive abilities related to driving; and examines the usefulness of a self-administered driving questionnaire and daily diary as a method of screening individuals for deficits that may affect driving performance. All instruments developed for these studies are included in this groundbreaking book.

Download or read book Physician s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers written by American Medical Association and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Performance Metrics for Assessing Driver Distraction written by Gary L Rupp and published by SAE International. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the study of secondary task demands imposed by in-vehicle devices on the driver while driving. It provides a mechanism for researchers to evaluate how in-vehicle devices such as navigation systems – as well as other devices such as cell phones – affect driver distraction and impact safety. This book, which features the work presented by international experts at the 4th International Driver Metrics Workshop, in June 2008, offers a summary of the current state of driver metrics research. Edited by workshop moderator Dr. Gary L. Rupp, the book introduces vital information to support the design of in-vehicle information and communication systems (IVIS). Topics covered include: • Driver object and event detection • Peripheral detection tasks (PDT) • Tactile-based detection tasks (TDT) • Modified Sternberg method for assessing visual and cognitive load of in-vehicle tasks • Modified Sternberg method for assessing peripheral detection task and lane change tests • The relationship between performance metrics and crash risk • Characterizing driver behaviors observed in naturalist driving studies • Developing metrics from lane change test studies

Download or read book Handbook for the Assessment of Driving Capacity written by Maria T. Schultheis and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Handbook for the Assessment of Driving Capacity was created as a practical resource for individuals involved in determining the driving capacity of cognitively compromised populations. The book discusses the cognitive demands of driving ability and how various disorders and/or traumas may impact abilities necessary to driving, and how best to assess whether those abilities have been affected and to what extent." "Contributors to this work include physicians, neuropsychologists, and occupational therapists in order to give a full view of perspectives in determining driving capacity. The book will serve the needs of neurologists, neuropsychologists, and rehabilitation specialists commonly working with persons whose driving ability needs assessment."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving written by Candida Castro and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-11-21 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human error is involved in more than 90 percent of traffic accidents, and of those accidents, most are associated with visual distractions, or looking-but-failing-to-see errors. Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving gathers knowledge from a human factors psychology standpoint and provides deeper insight into traffic -user beh

Download or read book The Assessment of Older Drivers Capabilities A Review of the Literature written by David W. Eby, Deborah A. Trombley, Lisa J. Molnar, Jean T. Shope and published by . This book was released on with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing the Independence Mobility and Safety of Older Drivers written by Cletus Romaine Mercier and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines driver safety and cognitive skills of older drivers. Investigates hypothesis of link between personality and driver performance.

Download or read book Visual Reaction Time Differences Between Medically at Risk Adult Drivers and Healthy Controls written by Victoria I. Penna and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rationale: Visual and cognitive abilities are crucial to the performance of driving and decreased visual processing speed is considered one of the strongest risk factors for poor driving capacity in older adults. Individuals with deficits in visual perceptual skills, specifically scanning or processing speed, will likely have difficulty with judgement and reaction to on-road events. Currently, there are limited assessments of visual processing speed beyond pencil/paper tasks. Purpose: This study examined visual processing speed using the Vision Coach[TM], a visual light board with established normative data for community living adults. Specifically, the research study compared visual reaction times between previous collected data and medically at-risk older drivers with three research questions: (1) is there a statistically significant difference in performance time between medically at-risk individuals and the controls, (2) does the type of medical condition (e.g., neurological, cognition, complex medical conditions) differentiate performance, and (3) does the Vision Coach[TM], differentiate between drivers based on fitness to drive. Design: Data collection was part of a comprehensive driving evaluation with a fitness to drive outcome. The Vision Coach[TM], "Full Field 60" task was used to collect the reaction times used to compare between the two groups, three diagnostic categories, and fitness to drive outcome. Results: Independent t-tests showed a significant difference (p [less-than] .001) in trial times between healthy controls and medically-at-risk adults. No significant difference (p = .141) was found between diagnoses groups. The Vision Coach[TM] was able to differentiate (p [less-than] .001) between those who "passed" and those who "failed" a driving evaluation. Conclusion: Results of this study indicate that being medically-at-risk for driving impacts an individual's ability to quickly react to a visual stimulus. However, diagnosis type does not significantly impact trial time. Lastly, the Vision Coach[TM] was shown to be an effective screening tool for determining fitness to drive.

Download or read book Improvement of Older Driver Safety Through Self Evaluation written by David W. Eby, Jean T. Shope, Lisa J. Molnar, Jonathon M. Vivoda, Tiffani A. Fordyce and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Driving in Older Adults written by Kim McCloskey and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increasing number of adults over 65 years of age face challenges to maintain driving mobility. This capstone project aims to review the use of the Dynavision, Useful Field of View, and exercise in occupational therapy settings as they apply to improve older adults' speed of processing, divided attention, visual processing, and reaction time. These factors are essential to maintaining one's status as a safe, licensed driver. Evidence suggests that older adults may experience cognitive decline, but with practice, they may increase their speed of processing, enhance their divided attention, and improve their visual scanning and reaction time. Research indicates that exercise can be a factor in reducing age-related cognitive decline. The Dynavision, a light board containing 64 light-emitting diodes, offers occupational therapy clients instrumental practice to increase speed of processing, visual scanning, divided attention, visual processing, and reaction speed. Empirical evidence suggests that the Useful Field of View can help predict driving performance through its divided and selective attention components, and it ca challenge clients to recognize targets using central and peripheral locations while finding the target amongst distractors. Additionally, studies propose that exercise may play a pivotal role in promoting increased cognition and speed of processing. This capstone project offers a comprehensive review of the literature addressing the Dynavision, Useful Field of View, and exercise to assist occupational therapy professionals seeking to reduce older drivers' cognitive decline while encouraging autonomy and safety.

Download or read book Driver Rehabilitation written by Wendy Beth Stav and published by Therapy Skill Builders. This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Understanding the Challenges of the Older Driver written by Arne Stinchcombe and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effects of Age Related Declines in Visual Motion Processing on Older Driver Safety written by Heather Woods-Fry and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis reports three experiments investigating how age-related declines in visual motion processing affect older drivers' ability to drive safely. In particular, these experiments assess the efficacy of: 1) A test of motion sensitivity, the Peripheral Motion Contrast Threshold (PMCT) test, which evaluates ones' contrast threshold for detecting motion in the periphery, and 2) the 3D multiple-object tracking test (3D MOT), which evaluates the maximum stimulus speed at which one can maintain visual attention on several objects moving in three dimensions. Two versions of the PMCT test-the PMCT-10 and the shorter PMCT-2-were employed. Driving safety was measured via a high fidelity driving simulator, in addition to several self-report measures and archival data. Study 1 showed that PMCT-2 and PMCT-10 thresholds were associated with number of crashes in the simulator and other indices of unsafe driving. Study 2 examined whether the PMCT-2 could predict older driver performance during a different set of simulated driving scenarios, and whether it was associated retrospectively with real world crash rates. PMCT-2 results were significantly correlated with simulated crash risk. Moreover, Study 2 provided the first evidence that PMCT scores are associated with real-world crash, albeit in a small retrospective sample. Study 3 examined the relationship between results from both the PMCT-2 and 3D MOT tests and simulated driving. Multiple object tracking has previously been associated with older drivers' performance. Results showed a strong relationship in our sample between crash rates and 3D MOT results. However, we failed to replicate the results showing a relationship between PMCT and crash occurrence. This may have been due to high rates of subject attrition due to simulator sickness, which resulted in a small final sample. Overall, findings from the three studies demonstrate that results from PMCT and 3D MOT are associated with older drivers' performance measures, such as crash rates, dangerous lane deviations, and speeding. These findings support visual motion processing measures as viable candidates for inclusion in a multi-domain assessment of older drivers' fitness to drive.

Download or read book Exploring the Relationship Between Perceptual cognitive Function and Driver Safety written by Jesse Michaels and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driving continues to be the world's dominant form of transportation and the number of vehicles on the road is only projected to increase in the coming decades. At the same time, the demographic shift currently occurring in the industrialized world implies that the proportion of older adult drivers on the road is set to increase substantially. With age comes wide-ranging changes in physical, sensory and cognitive systems resulting in functional changes that can be subtle or profound. We are only beginning to understand how both normal and pathological variability in these functional measures affect driving performance and safety. Developing a reliable, evidence-based tool to distinguish safe from unsafe drivers continues to be a major preoccupation for gerontology, accidentology, and clinical researchers alike. Accumulating evidence now suggests that there is an important link between specific cognitive abilities such as speed-of-processing, attention, and driving performance. Continuing to explore this relationship in order to perhaps one day develop such a tool is an important endeavour. Another implication of the relationship between cognitive abilities and driving performance is that interventions designed to improve or sustain these might conceivably enhance or maintain individuals' driving safety and comfort in the short- and long-term. The purpose of this thesis is threefold. First, it develops and validates a novel methodology for assessing both young adult and older adult driving performance using custom driving simulator scenarios. Second, it pushes the state of our knowledge of how cognitive abilities relate to driving performance by demonstrating that performance on an integrative test of dynamic attention and speed-of-processing-i.e., 3-dimensional multiple object tracking (3D-MOT)- predicts how drivers of different age groups perform. Finally, it offers evidence to suggest that training 3D-MOT actually enhances attentional function and speed-of-processing by transferring to performance on an unrelated test of these abilities and, ultimately, that this improvement might translate to improved driving performance.