Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Aging and decision making: driving-related problem solving

N Walker1, W B Fain, A D Fisk

  • 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0170, USA.

Human Factors
|December 12, 1997
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Increasing STEM engagement through opportunity landscaping.

Acta psychologica·2025
Same author

Evaluating the impact of 3-nitrooxypropanol supplementation on enteric methane emissions in pregnant nonlactating dairy cows offered grass silage.

JDS communications·2025
Same author

Patient compliance with medications, nasal douching, smoking cessation and long-term outcomes of surgical septorhinoplasty - a prospective series of 56 cases.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·2024
Same author

Prevalence, incidence and determinants of QuantiFERON<sup>TM</sup> positivity in South African schoolchildren.

IJTLD open·2024
Same author

The effect of twice daily 3-nitroxypropanol supplementation on enteric methane emissions in grazing dairy cows.

Journal of dairy science·2024
Same author

Systematic update to the mammalian relative potency estimate database and development of best estimate toxic equivalency factors for dioxin-like compounds.

Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP·2024
Same journal

System-Wide Trust (SWT) Versus Component-Specific Trust (CST) in Multi-Agent Human-Agent Teams: Individual Variability in Trust Bias.

Human factors·2026
Same journal

Driver Adaptation to Partially Automated Driving in Urban Environments: Effects of Repeated Exposure and System Capabilities on Drivers' Trust, Monitoring, and Response.

Human factors·2026
Same journal

Modeling Human Expertise in a Sanding Task.

Human factors·2026
Same journal

Towards Safe and Comfortable Vehicle Control Transitions: A Systematic Review of Takeover Time, Time Budget, and Takeover Outcomes.

Human factors·2026
Same journal

What's in a Name? Implications of AI Roles and Mind Perception for Human-AI Teams.

Human factors·2026
Same journal

Safety Climate and Safety Behavior and Outcomes: A Comprehensive Systematic Review in Healthcare From the Perspective of Staff and Patients.

Human factors·2026
See all related articles

Older adults made slower route-selection decisions, but decision quality was unaffected by age. This study explored age-related decision-making differences in familiar environments.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Factors
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Decision-making processes can change with age.
  • Understanding these changes is crucial for various real-world applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in decision-making speed and quality.
  • To examine how factors like traffic congestion and route information affect older and younger adults' route selection.

Main Methods:

  • Participants made real-time route-selection decisions using traffic and speed limit information.
  • Evaluated effects of information type, congestion, alternative route speed, and age on decision performance.

Main Results:

  • Optimal route selection was influenced by speed limits, congestion, and message type, but not age.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Older adults were slower in decision-making, with age interacting with speed and message type.

    • Conclusions:

    • While age did not impact the quality of route-selection decisions, older adults exhibited slower decision speeds.
    • Findings suggest age-related cognitive changes affect decision speed more than decision accuracy in familiar tasks.