@article{ref1,
title="Aging and detection of collision events on curved trajectories",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="2013",
author="Bian, Zheng and Guindon, Amy H. and Andersen, George J.",
volume="50",
number="",
pages="926-933",
abstract="In the current study we examined age-related differences in the detection of collision events on a curved trajectory. Observers were presented with displays simulating an approaching object moving at a constant speed that was either on a collision or a non-collision path. The object disappeared before reaching the observer, and the task was to determine whether the object was on a collision path. In a series of three experiments, we manipulated the motion trajectory of the object (linear or curved), time-to-contact (TTC), and radius of the curvature. We found decreased performance with older as compared to younger observers when the object was traveling on a linear trajectory at long TTC. However, there was no age-related decrement in detecting a collision when the object was traveling on a curved trajectory. These results indicate a similar ability for older and younger observers in detecting collisions on a curved trajectory.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="10.1016/j.aap.2012.07.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2012.07.013"
}