REACTION TIME AND DRIVING CAPABILITIES OF BRAIN INJURED AND ELDERLY DRIVERS --ROAD USER BEHAVIOR. THEORY AND RESEARCH. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROAD SAFETY HELD IN GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS, AUGUST 1987

In traffic accidents people often sustain a severe concussion of the brain. After recovery from the immediate effects, patients continue to have residual symptoms as is indicated by complaints about memory function, attention and mental speed. In general, it appears that such patients are slower in many tasks and cognitive tests. Consequently, their driving behaviour may have deteriorated as well. It is often reported that people with brain damage show a disproportionate deterioration of performance on complex (choice) reaction time (rt), however it was also found that differences between patient groups and control groups were largest in simple rt tasks. In the study presented here task complexity will be more generally defined as task load. This refers to all psychological and contextual conditions influencing response speed, while the instructed accuracy is maintained. Three experiments are described: (1) choice reaction time (crt); (2) duration categorisation time (dct); and (3) platoon car following. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 815404.

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  Van Ggorcum & Comp BV

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• Authors:
  • Korteling, H
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 319-25
• Serial:
  • Publication of: VAN GORCUM & COMP BV
  • Publisher: Van Ggorcum & Comp BV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aptitude; Behavior; Brain; Bunching; Conferences; Crashes; Diseases and medical conditions; Drivers; Driving; Injuries; Injury severity; Motor reactions; Psychology; Speed; Test procedures; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00481969
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 90-232-2369-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM