Proactive vs. reactive car driving: EEG evidence for different driving strategies of older drivers.

ABSTRACT: Aging is associated with a large heterogeneity in the extent of age-related changes in sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. All these functions can influence the performance in complex tasks like car driving. The present study aims to identify potential differences in underlying cognitive processes that may explain inter-individual variability in driving performance. Younger and older participants performed a one-hour monotonous driving task in a driving simulator under varying crosswind conditions, while behavioral and electrophysiological data were recorded. Overall, younger and older drivers showed comparable driving performance (lane keeping). However, there was a large difference in driving lane variability within the older group. Dividing the older group in two subgroups with low

SUBMITTER: Karthaus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5774811 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature