Research has demonstrated improvements in neuropsychological measures following participation in cognitive training programs in normal aging individuals (Ball, et al., 2002; Ball, Edwards, & Ross, 2007; Willis, et al., 2006; Wolinsky, et al., 2006). While claims have been made that cognitive training reduces accidents up to 50% (https://www.drivesharp.com/), studies examining on-road driving performance to date have not provided comprehensive data on whether functional changes in driving performance, driving behavior, or the allocation of a driver’s attention to the roadway are associated with the reported neuropsychological findings. In particular, this research set out to: (1) assess neuropsychological improvement following intervention with a commercial brain-training software program, Posit Science Cortex™ with InSight Drive Sharp™ and (2) examine whether measurable improvements in on-road driving performance can be quantified following intervention with the brain-training program.
This project further explored the patterns in drivers’ physiological arousal to periods of heightened cognitive workload. Various physiological meas...
In recent decades, great strides have been made to lower the number of accidents that occur on Texas roadways through graduated drivers licensing prog...
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