Age Differences in the Useful Field of View during Real-World Driving

Age differences in the useful field of view (UFOV) were assessed during real-world driving using a newly developed car-following protocol. Nineteen young (mean age = 23) and 19 older (mean age = 73) drivers were examined. Peripheral target detection performance declined significantly with age and target eccentricity. However, consistent with several recent studies, no age by target eccentricity interaction was observed. These findings contribute to the validation of the UFOV construct and provide a foundation for better understanding age-related changes in visual attention in the real-world driving domain.

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Age differences in the useful field of view during real-world driving

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e577402012-007 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Frank Schieber ◽

Jess Gilland

Keyword(s):

Age Differences ◽

Real World ◽

Field Of View ◽

Useful Field Of View

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Age Differences in the Useful Field of View in a Part-Task Driving Simulator

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193129303701406 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 37 (14) ◽

pp. 960-963 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jonathan Walker ◽

Catherine Sedney ◽

Kathryn Wochinger ◽

Deborah A. Boehm-Davis ◽

William A. Perez

Keyword(s):

Age Differences ◽

Driving Simulator ◽

Response Times ◽

Age Groups ◽

Field Of View ◽

Cognitive Tasks ◽

Task Load ◽

Useful Field Of View ◽

Age Related ◽

Motion Threshold

This study investigated age-related differences in the useful field of view (UFOV) using a part-task driving simulator. Thirty-six licensed drivers, aged 20-25, 40-45, and 65-70, participated. Dynamic roadway images were projected on screens to the front and sides of the driver. Target stimuli consisted of full-size simplified images of a van moving forward on the side screens at a speed below the motion threshold. Subjects performed forward view tracking and cognitive tasks while responding to the van stimuli on the side screens. Increased levels of the forward view task load adversely affected response times to the vans for the older group only, but performance of the tracking task declined for all age groups with increased load.

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Orienting Responses as a Function of Age and Task Complexity

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1976.42.2.543 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

pp. 543-553 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Roger L. Greene

Keyword(s):

Age Differences ◽

Visual Stimulus ◽

Task Complexity ◽

Age Groups ◽

Stimulus Onset ◽

Age Related ◽

Stimulus Content ◽

Stimulus Offset ◽

Age Related Changes ◽

And Task

Age-related differences in the elicitation and habituation of orienting responses to the onset and offset of stimuli have been suggested by several authors. Electrodermal and cardiac orienting responses to the onset and offset of a visual stimulus were measured in three age groups (4 yr., 7 yr., and undergraduate). Each S made one of three judgments: non-signal (observe stimulus), content (color of stimulus), and duration (length of time stimulus presented). Few age differences were found in elicitation or habituation of orienting responses to stimulus onset or offset. There was a trend for elicitation of orienting responses to stimulus offset to be age-related, but the failure to find any other age-related changes made this difference somewhat questionable. Instructions as to the judgment to be made by S were the primary determinants of orienting responses to stimulus onset and offset across all age groups.

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A Novel Approach to Measuring the Useful Field of View in Simulated Real-World Environments Using Gaze Contingent Displays: The GC-UFOV.

Journal of Vision ◽

10.1167/15.12.878 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (12) ◽

pp. 878 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ryan Ringer ◽

Zachary Throneburg ◽

Tera Walton ◽

Greg Erickson ◽

Allison Coy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

Field Of View ◽

Useful Field Of View ◽

Novel Approach

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Age Differences in Speech Motor Performance on a Novel Speech Task

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0293) ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 56 (5) ◽

pp. 1552-1566 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Neeraja Sadagopan ◽

Anne Smith

Keyword(s):

Age Differences ◽

Motor Performance ◽

Nonword Repetition ◽

Elderly Adults ◽

Elderly Individuals ◽

Age Related ◽

Effect Of Age ◽

Speech Motor ◽

Repetition Task ◽

Age Related Changes

PurposeThe study was aimed at characterizing age-related changes in speech motor performance on a nonword repetition task as a function of practice and nonword length and complexity.MethodNonword repetition accuracy, lip aperture coordination, and nonword production durations were assessed on 2 consecutive days for 16 young and 16 elderly participants for the production of 6 novel nonwords increasing in length and complexity.ResultsThe effect of age on the ability to accurately and rapidly repeat long, complex nonwords was significant. However, the authors found no differences between the speech motor coordinative patterns of young and elderly adults. Further, the authors demonstrated age- and nonword-specific within- and between-session gains in speech motor performance.ConclusionsThe authors speculate that cognitive, sensory, and motor factors interact in complex ways in elderly individuals to produce individual differences in nonword repetition ability at the levels of both behavioral and speech motor performance.

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Age related effects of restricted head movements on the useful field of view of drivers

Accident Analysis & Prevention ◽

10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00048-1 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 793-801 ◽

Cited By ~ 65

Author(s):

Robert B. Isler ◽

Barry S. Parsonson ◽

Glenn J. Hansson

Keyword(s):

Head Movements ◽

Field Of View ◽

Useful Field Of View ◽

Age Related

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Developing a New Measure of the Useful Field of View for Use in Dynamic Real-World Scene Viewing

Journal of Vision ◽

10.1167/12.9.564 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 564-564

Author(s):

L. Loschky ◽

R. Ringer ◽

A. Larson ◽

G. Hughes ◽

K. Dean ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

Field Of View ◽

Useful Field Of View ◽

Scene Viewing

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Age-related Changes in Recognition and Response Criterion

The Spanish Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1017/s1138741600002249 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 557-571 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Aurora G. Suengas ◽

Trinidad Ruiz Gallego-Largo ◽

Teresa Simón

Keyword(s):

Age Differences ◽

Recognition Performance ◽

Response Criterion ◽

Emotional Expressions ◽

False Alarms ◽

Age Related ◽

Recognition And Response ◽

Age Range ◽

Age Related Changes ◽

Better Than

Recognition performance does not usually change along the lifespan, but the response criterion usually does, and in general, it changes from being conservative during youth to being liberal, in old age. The focus of the present study is to analyze the changes that take place, both in discrimination and response criterion, as a result of aging in two recognition tasks: one with neutral images, and the other with faces showing positive and negative emotional expressions. Two groups of participants performed both tasks: young (N = 21; age range, 17-33 years), older (N = 21; age range, 65-91 years). The analyses of several discrimination parameters (d′ and probability of recognition) and the response criterion yielded significant age differences. Thus, results indicated that the ability to discriminate of older participants was better than that of younger participants when having to recognize neutral images, and faces with negative emotional expressions. The response criterion of younger participants was always conservative, whereas older participants only showed liberal criteria in front of faces with emotional expressions. In relation to the neutral images, the response criterion of older participants was optimum, because it led to more hits, without increasing the false alarms. The results are partially explained by the tasks differential difficulty, and are discussed within the frame of Simulation theory.

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