Training Working Memory of Older Drivers: The Effect on Working Memory and Simulated Driving Performance | Zendy

Ariane Cuenen | Zendy; Ellen M.M. Jongen | Zendy; Tom Brijs | Zendy; Kris Brijs | Zendy; Katrijn Houben | Zendy; Geert Wets | Zendy

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Training Working Memory of Older Drivers: The Effect on Working Memory and Simulated Driving Performance

Author(s) -

Ariane Cuenen,

Ellen M.M. Jongen,

Tom Brijs,

Kris Brijs,

Katrijn Houben,

Geert Wets

Publication year - 2015

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.17077/drivingassessment.1565

Subject(s) - working memory , psychology , audiology , test (biology) , working memory training , training (meteorology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , cognition , neuroscience , paleontology , physics , meteorology , biology

This study aimed to investigate in older drivers whether a working memory (WM) training would enhance WM, and whether improvement of WM transfers to enhanced driving ability. 54 older drivers participated in the study, but due to drop-out, 38 participants (mean age 70.34) remained in the sample. Participants were randomly assigned to a control (N=19) or an experimental condition (N=19). Each participant conducted a WM training during 25 days. During the pre-test and post-test, WM and driving ability were assessed. Results indicate that the training lead to an improvement of WM. In addition, there was an improvement of several driving measures, that was however independent of the level of WM improvement. These findings will be discussed.

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