Prefrontal Cortex Activation and Young Driver Behaviour: A fNIRS Study.

ABSTRACT: Road traffic accidents consistently show a significant over-representation for young, novice and particularly male drivers. This research examines the prefrontal cortex activation of young drivers and the changes in activation associated with manipulations of mental workload and inhibitory control. It also considers the explanation that a lack of prefrontal cortex maturation is a contributing factor to the higher accident risk in this young driver population. The prefrontal cortex is associated with a number of factors including mental workload and inhibitory control, both of which are also related to road traffic accidents. This experiment used functional near infrared spectroscopy to measure prefrontal cortex activity during five simulated driving tasks: one following task and four overt

SUBMITTER: Foy HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4881939 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature