TESTING THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON DRIVING APTITUDE
PRUEFUNG VON ARZNEIMITTELWIRKUNGEN AUF DIE KRAFTFAHREIGNUNG
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ARE BEST SUITED FOR DETERMINING THE SIDE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON DRIVING APTITUDE, SINCE THE RISK OF ACCIDENT IS TOO GREAT IF DRIVING TESTS ARE UNDERTAKEN AND TESTS IN THE SIMULATOR AT A REALISTIC SPEED DO NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CERTAIN CHANGES IN PSYCHO-PHYSICAL CAPACITY BROUGHT ABOUT BY DRUGS. INDIVIDUAL TESTS, RELATED TO THE EXPECTED SIDE EFFECT OF A DRUG, CAN BE USED, BASED ON VARIOUS PSYCHO-DIAGNOSTIC METHODS. THESE INCLUDED PROCEDURES SUCH AS THE TACHISTOSCOPIC DETERMINATION TEST, THE LINE FOLLOWING TEST, AND TAPPING, WHICH SERVE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF CONCENTRATION, ATTENTION AND PERCEPTION RATE.
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Authors:
- MOSER, L
- Publication Date: 1978-12
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: 3057-60
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Serial:
- DEUTSCHES AERZTEBLATT. AUSGABE A
- Volume: 75
- Issue Number: 50
- Publisher: DEUTSCHER AERZTEVERLAG
- ISSN: 0012-1207
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alertness; Aptitude; Driving; Motor reactions; Psychological tests
- ITRD Terms: 2238: Attention; 2226: Driving aptitude; DRUG ; 2276: Psychological examination; 2247: Reaction (human)
- Subject Areas: I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01289183
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:39AM