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ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 209-215Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2004.06.003
Keywords
driving; aging; dementia; neuropsychology; attention; visual
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG016335-04, R01 AG016335, R01#AG16335] Funding Source: Medline
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The Driving Scenes test of the new Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB; [Stem, R.A., & White, T. (2003a). Neuropsychological Assessment Battery. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc]) measures several aspects of visual attention thought to be important for driving ability. The current study examined the relationship between scores on the Driving Scenes test and on-road driving performance on a standardized driving test. Healthy participants performed significantly better on the Driving Scenes test than did very mildly demented participants. A correlation of 0.55 was found between the brief, office-based Driving Scenes test and the 108-point on-road driving score. Furthermore, the Driving Scenes test scores differed significantly across the driving instructor's three global ratings (safe, marginal, and unsafe), and results of a discriminant function analysis indicated that the Driving Scenes test correctly classified 66% of participants into these groups. Thus, the new NAB Driving Scenes test appears to have good ecological validity for real-world driving ability in normal and very mildly demented older adults. (C) 2004 National Academy of Neuropsychology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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