title: Specific attention disorders in drivers with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To highlight the impact of the increasing attentional load on performance of both normal drivers and drivers with traumatic brain injury.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Patients with brain injury have a higher accident risk than people with no brain injury [1], probably as a result of persistent attention disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten patients and 10 paired controls took part in a computerized selective attention task involving specific attentional processes. They were asked to monitor a speedometer and to ignore sudden changes in the surrounding environment in three separate experimental situations involving different attentional load.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although, in the control situation, patients' results were equivalent to controls', they displayed specific disorders in more complex situations where the attentional load increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These difficulties may have a negative impact on real driving situations.
authors.affiliation: EMC Laboratory (EA 3082), University of Lyon 2, France. marjolaine.masson@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marjolaine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: George Andrew
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Désert
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rhein
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Foubert
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colliot
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001288:Attention; D001334:Automobile Driving; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression; D004522:Educational Status; D056344:Executive Function; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis