The assessment of executive functions is an integral task of neuropsychological
assessment. Traditional measures of executive function are often based on hypothetical …

Although old people make up an extremely vulnerable road-user group, older pedestrians'
difficulties have been studied less extensively than those of older drivers, and more …

The aim of this research was to identify potential external features on a fully autonomous
vehicle (FAV) and investigate which features would help pedestrians to understand the …

Advances in virtual reality technology present new opportunities for human factors research
in areas that are dangerous, difficult, or expensive to study in the real world. The authors …

Background fear of falling is common in older adults and can have a profound influence on a
variety of behaviours that increase fall risk. However, fear of falling can also have potentially …

Limits on perceptual capacity result in various phenomena of inattentional blindness. Here
we propose a neurophysiological account attributing these perceptual capacity limits directly …

In this paper we review the effects of aging on sensory systems and their impact on posture,
balance and gait. We also address cognitive aging and attempt to specify which altered …

Objective: To review the range of promising technologies (eg, smart phones, remote
monitoring devices) designed to enhance aging in place; identify challenges for …

Background Walking in natural environments can be considered a dual-task (DT) scenario
that requires increasing cognitive resources with advancing age. Previous reviews …

Older adults' decreased ability to inhibit irrelevant information makes them especially
susceptible to the negative effects of simultaneously occurring distraction. For example …