Spatial navigation ability is associated with the assessment of smoothness of driving during changing lanes in older drivers
| Autor: | Kawabata Nami, Hideki Miyaguchi, Tadayuki Iida, Chinami Ishizuki, Masafumi Kunishige, Hiroshi Fukuda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Automobile Driving Visual perception Physiology Human Factors and Ergonomics lcsh:GN49-298 Driving simulator Affect (psychology) Spatial memory Correlation Driving ability 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Physiology (medical) Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Computer Simulation Aged lcsh:Physical anthropology. Somatology Smoothness (probability theory) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Neuropsychology Cognition 030229 sport sciences Middle Aged Spatial navigation Older drivers Anthropology Female Original Article Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Driving |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physiological Anthropology Journal of Physiological Anthropology, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1880-6805 |
| Popis: | Background Age-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. Methods A 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. Results Older 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. Conclusions Considering 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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