@article{ref1,
title="Specific attention disorders in drivers with traumatic brain injury",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2013",
author="Masson, Marjolaine and Michael, George Andrew and Désert, Jean-François and Rhein, François and Foubert, Lucie and Colliot, Pascale",
volume="27",
number="5",
pages="538-547",
abstract="Objective: To highlight the impact of the increasing attentional load on performance of both normal drivers and drivers with traumatic brain injury. Background: Patients with brain injury have a higher accident risk than people with no brain injury [1], probably as a result of persistent attention disorders. Method: Ten patients and 10 paired controls took part in a computerized selective attention task involving specific attentional processes. They were asked to monitor a speedometer and to ignore sudden changes in the surrounding environment in three separate experimental situations involving different attentional load. Results: Although, in the control situation, patients' results were equivalent to controls', they displayed specific disorders in more complex situations where the attentional load increased. Conclusion: These difficulties may have a negative impact on real driving situations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.3109/02699052.2013.766926",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2013.766926"
}