Peripheral Motion Contrast Sensitivity and Older Drivers' Detection Failure Accident Risk

Eighteen older drivers (66-88) and their passengers both reported on the drivers' performance using detection deficit questionnaires that elicited responses related to attention and to speed and accuracy of object motion perception. The measure of detection deficit was an equally weighted combination of standardized responses from the 17-item driver questionnaire and the 11-item passenger questionnaire. Peripheral stationary and drifting contrast sensitivity was determined for 0.4 cycles per degree sine wave gratings at fifteen degrees eccentricity. The temporal two-alternative forced choice staircase procedure consisted of randomly interleaved left and right visual field grating presentations. The correlation between log10 motion contrast sensitivity and detection deficit was -.63 (p < .01), between age and detection deficit was .56 (p < .05), and between age and log10 motion contrast sensitivity was -.54 (p < .05). The partial correlation between log10 motion sensitivity and detection deficit, independent of age, was -.47 (p = .054). The authors concluded that some age-related driving performance deficits are associated with reduced sensitivity to motion in the visual periphery. Peripheral motion contrast sensitivity was discussed in relation to "useful field of view" (UFOV®) measures of visual function, and offered as a primary deficit of high risk drivers with mild Alzheimer's disease.

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  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Public Policy Center
  227 South Quadrangle
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242-1192
• Authors:
  • Henderson, Steven
  • Donderi, Don C
• Conference:
  • Driving Assessment 2005: 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design
  • Location: Rockport Maine, United States
  • Date: 2005-6-27 to 2005-6-30
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Rockport, Maine, June 27-30, 2005

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged drivers; Alzheimer's disease; Attention; Contrast; Crash risk forecasting; Highway safety; Human subject testing; Motion perception; Performance; Peripheral vision; Questionnaires; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field of view; Sensitivity (Human)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01006734
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780874141511
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 2005 2:28PM