EFFECT OF MARIHUANA DOSAGE ON DRIVER PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE IN A COMPLEX DRIVING SIMULATOR UNDER FOUR MARIHUANA DOSE LEVELS WAS EXAMINED. CAR CONTROL AND TRACKING APPEARED TO BE UNINFLUENCED, BUT SIGNIFICANT DOSE-RELATED IMPAIRMENT WAS FOUND ON A VISUAL RECOGNITION TASK SIMULATING THE SEARCH-AND-RECOGNITION ASPECTS OF DRIVING. AN ADDITIONAL STUDY OF SENSORY SIGNAL DETECTION SUPPORTED THE VIEW THAT THE PERCEPTUAL DEFICIT INDUCED BY MARIHUANA INVOLVES A DECREASE IN DISCRIMINATION SENSITIVITY. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

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• Authors:
  • Moskowitz, H
  • Mcglothlin, W
  • Hulbert, S
• Publication Date: 1973-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 63 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving simulators; Marijuana; Personnel performance; Visual perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224583
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM