Study of improving the cognitive ability of elderly drivers

Author

Nakano, Yoshiaki ; Kojima, T. ; Kawanaka, Haruki ; Oguri, Koji

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Aichi Prefectural Univ., Nagakute, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

547

Lastpage

551

Abstract

Elderly drivers tend to perform poorly in focusing their attention during driving. They might overlook stop signs, and the percentage of right-turn accidents at intersections is higher compared to that of young drivers. To improve their attention and concentration, we propose “point and calling method” for elderly driving. By analyzing autonomous nervous system and brain activity using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and visual analog scale (VAS), we found the possibilities that the point and calling method helps to raise elderly drivers´ alertness.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; brain; cognition; geriatrics; infrared spectroscopy; medical signal processing; neurophysiology; road accidents; road safety; NIRS; VAS; autonomous nervous system; brain activity; cognitive ability; driver attention; driver concentration; elderly driver alertness; elderly driving; near infrared spectroscopy; point and calling method; right-turn accidents; stop signs; visual analog scale; young drivers; Educational institutions; Fatigue; Hafnium; Nervous system; Protocols; Pulse measurements; Senior citizens;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems - (ITSC), 2013 16th International IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2013.6728288

Filename

6728288