TY - GEN
T1 - Transfer of computer-based training to simulated driving in older adults
AU - Cassavaugh, Nicholas D.
AU - Kramer, Arthur F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by grants from the National Institute on Aging (RO1 AG25667 and RO1 AG25302).
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We evaluated the transfer of training on computer-based tasks that were specifically designed to tap cognitive abilities that are presumed to be used while driving, namely divided attention, visual monitoring and working memory. In particular, as older adults have been shown to suffer declines in cognitive abilities with advancing age, we asked whether some of these declines could be remediated with training. Using a driving simulator, participants' driving performance was evaluated in several complex scenarios. Both computer-based training and driving tasks were presented individually and in combination with manual control tasks. We used regression analysis to examine the effects of the training on driving performance. Results revealed limited transfer of training from the computer-based training system to driving.
AB - We evaluated the transfer of training on computer-based tasks that were specifically designed to tap cognitive abilities that are presumed to be used while driving, namely divided attention, visual monitoring and working memory. In particular, as older adults have been shown to suffer declines in cognitive abilities with advancing age, we asked whether some of these declines could be remediated with training. Using a driving simulator, participants' driving performance was evaluated in several complex scenarios. Both computer-based training and driving tasks were presented individually and in combination with manual control tasks. We used regression analysis to examine the effects of the training on driving performance. Results revealed limited transfer of training from the computer-based training system to driving.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931214581426
DO - 10.1177/1541931214581426
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84957706746
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 2043
EP - 2047
BT - 2014 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2014
PB - Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 58th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2014
Y2 - 27 October 2014 through 31 October 2014
ER -