ArticleJournal of physiological anthropology2020
Spatial navigation ability is associated with the assessment of smoothness of driving during changing lanes in older drivers.
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- The Impact of Spatial Orientation Changes on Driving Behavior in Healthy Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Evaluating the impact of a darts game intervention on cognitive function in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Article
- The effect of negative emotion processing on spatial navigation: an experimental study using virtual reality.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Corsi Block Tapping Task training for improving visuospatial skills: a non-randomized two-group study.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cognitive Efficiency and Fitness-to-Drive along the Lifespan: The Mediation Effect of Visuospatial Transformations.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAge-related changes affect driving ability, including the smoothness of driving. This operation requires the use of both allocentric strategies (based on world-centered representations) and egocentric strategies (based on self-centered representations); however, with age, a greater preference for egocentric strategies is evident when driving. Furthermore, an age-related decline occurs in both driving ability and spatial navigation. We therefore assessed the relationship between spatial navigation and driving smoothness and tested whether a driving simulator can be used to evaluate smooth lane changes in older drivers.
methodsA total of 34 healthy older drivers (mean age: 68.2 ± 5.4 years old) and 20 younger drivers (mean age = 20.2 ± 5.4 years old) participated in this study. The smoothness of driving was assessed using a driving simulator and spatial navigation was assessed using the Card-Placing Test-A/B. We also assessed visual perception and general intellectual function using standard neuropsychological tests.
resultsOlder drivers had significantly worse spatial navigation and exhibited less smooth driving than younger drivers. Furthermore, we found a negative correlation between the smoothness of driving and spatial navigation within both groups. These results suggest that the deterioration in spatial navigation in older people may underlie the observed decrease in driving smoothness, and that spatial navigation and smooth driving deteriorate with age.
conclusionsConsidering these results, we found a significant correlation in the older group between the smoothness of vehicle movement and spatial navigation, in the smoothness of vehicle movement between the young and old groups. The smoothness values, which indices thoroughly derived from the driving simulator are indeed showing some evidence in ego/allocentric cognitions, which may change by age. The driving simulator could aid the development of intervention programs or assessment measures for drivers with a decreased function.
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