scholarly journals Allocation of visual attention in younger and older adults

1992 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan A. Hartley ◽  
James Kieley ◽  
Craig R. M. Mckenzie
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention

scholarly journals Visual Attention and Planning in Older Adults with and without Hearing Loss

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriane Teixeira ◽  
Amanda Bressanelli ◽  
Letícia Flores ◽  
Lilian Benin ◽  
Maira Olchik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Visual Attention

Visual attention and self-regulation of driving among older adults

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozioma C. Okonkwo ◽  
Michael Crowe ◽  
Virginia G. Wadley ◽  
Karlene Ball
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Older Drivers ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Crash Risk

ABSTRACTBackground: With the number of older drivers increasing, self-regulation of driving has been proposed as a viable means of balancing the autonomy of older adults against the sometimes competing demand of public safety. In this study, we investigate self-regulation of driving among a group of older adults with varying functional abilities.Method: Participants in the study comprised 1,543 drivers aged 75 years or older. They completed an objective measure of visual attention from which crash risk was estimated, and self-report measures of driving avoidance, driving exposure, physical functioning, general health status, and vision. Crash records were obtained from the State Department of Public Safety.Results: Overall, participants were most likely to avoid driving in bad weather followed by driving at night, driving on high traffic roads, driving in unfamiliar areas, and making left-hand turns across oncoming traffic. With the exception of driving at night, drivers at higher risk of crashes generally reported greater avoidance of these driving situations than lower risk drivers. However, across all driving situations a significant proportion of higher risk drivers did not restrict their driving. In general, self-regulation of driving did not result in reduced social engagement.Conclusion: Some older drivers with visual attention impairments do not restrict their driving in difficult situations. There is a need for physicians and family members to discuss driving behaviors with older adults routinely to ensure their safety. The association between visual attention and driving restriction also has implications for interventions aimed at preserving mobility in the elderly.

The role of visual attention in predicting driving impairment in older adults.

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 610-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesa Hoffman ◽  
Joan M. McDowd ◽  
Paul Atchley ◽  
Richard Dubinsky
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Driving Impairment

scholarly journals The division of visual attention affects the transition point from level walking to stair descent in healthy, active older adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Telonio ◽  
Sophie Blanchet ◽  
Constantinos N. Maganaris ◽  
Vasilios Baltzopoulos ◽  
Sophie Villeneuve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Transition Point ◽  
Stair Descent ◽  
Level Walking

scholarly journals Improving Wayfinding for Older Users With Selective Attention Deficits

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada D. Mishler ◽  
Mark B. Neider
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Attention Deficits ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Older Users ◽  
Selective Attention Deficits

Older adults experience difficulties with navigating their environments and may need to rely on signs more heavily than younger adults. However, older adults also experience difficulties with focusing their visual attention, which suggests that signs need to be designed with the goal of making it as easy as possible to attend to them. This article discusses some design principles that may be especially important to compensate for declining attentional focus. These principles include distinctiveness, consistent appearance and location, standardized images, simplicity, isolation from other elements of the environment, and reassurance about the current route.

scholarly journals Visual attention during seeing for speaking in healthy aging

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwendolyn L Rehrig ◽  
Taylor R. Hayes ◽  
John M. Henderson ◽  
Fernanda Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Logistic Mixed Effects Model ◽  
Age Related Cognitive Decline

As we age, we accumulate a wealth of information, but cognitive processing becomes slower and less efficient. There is mixed evidence on whether world knowledge compensates for age-related cognitive decline (Umanath & Marsh, 2014). We investigated whether older adults are more likely to fixate more meaningful scene locations than are young adults. Young (N=30) and older adults (N=30, aged 66-82) described scenes while eye movements and descriptions were recorded. We used a logistic mixed-effects model to determine whether fixated scene locations differed in meaning, salience, and center distance from locations that were not fixated, and whether those properties differed for locations young and older adults fixated. Meaning predicted fixated locations well overall, though the locations older adults fixated were less meaningful than those that young adults fixated. These results suggest that older adults’ visual attention is less sensitive to meaning than young adults, despite extensive experience with scenes.

P2-005: NEUROPLASTICITY-BASED VISUAL ATTENTION TRAINING AND THE EXPRESSION OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (7S_Part_12) ◽  
pp. P666-P666
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Van Vleet ◽  
Etienne de Villers-Sidani ◽  
Jonathan Cote ◽  
Michael Merzenich ◽  
Pedro Rosa-Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Attention Training ◽  
Healthy Older Adults
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