Simulated car crashes and crash predictors in drivers with Alzheimer disease.

Author(s)
Rizzo, M. Reinach, S. McGehee, D. & Dawson, J.
Year
Abstract

This report examines the effect of Alzheimer disease (AD) on driver collision avoidance using the Iowa's Driving Simulator, which provided a high-fidelity, closely controlled environment in which to observe serious errors by at-risk drivers. We determined how such unsafe events are predicted by visual and cognitive factors sensitive to decline in aging a AD. (A)

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971579 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Archives of Neurology, Vol. 54 (1997), No. 5 (May), p. 545-551, 44 ref.

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