A review of age changes in perceptual information processing ability with regard to driving.
Age related changes in the sensory modalities of hearing and vision, along with changes in the information processing abilities of selective attention, perceptual style, and perceptual-motor reaction time, were reviewed in the context of driving behavior. Literature reported, indicated age related changes in these abilities have relevance for the understanding of the driving behavior of the older adult.
D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000221:Adaptation, Ocular; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003071:Cognition; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009039:Motion Perception; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D011930:Reaction Time; D014787:Vision Tests; D014796:Visual Perception