TY - JOUR
T1 - Aging and decision making
T2 - Driving-related problem solving
AU - Walker, Neff
AU - Fain, W. Bradley
AU - Fisk, Arthur D.
AU - McGuire, Christy L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1997/9
Y1 - 1997/9
N2 - We examined age-related effects on decision making in a task environment familiar to most younger and older adults. Participants made route-selection decisions in real time. Participants received information about traffic density and expected speed limits of main and alternative routes, from which they determined the optimality of their present route versus alternative routes. The experiment evaluated the effects of information type, amount of congestion, alternative route speed limit, and age on speed and quality of decision making. Measures of optimal route selection revealed main effects of alternative route speed limit, congestion level, and message type, but there was not a main effect of age, and age did not interact with any variable. In terms of decision speed (but not quality of decision making), older participants were slower, and age interacted with alternative route speed and with message type. The data are interpreted in relation to previous data examining everyday problem solving and aging.
AB - We examined age-related effects on decision making in a task environment familiar to most younger and older adults. Participants made route-selection decisions in real time. Participants received information about traffic density and expected speed limits of main and alternative routes, from which they determined the optimality of their present route versus alternative routes. The experiment evaluated the effects of information type, amount of congestion, alternative route speed limit, and age on speed and quality of decision making. Measures of optimal route selection revealed main effects of alternative route speed limit, congestion level, and message type, but there was not a main effect of age, and age did not interact with any variable. In terms of decision speed (but not quality of decision making), older participants were slower, and age interacted with alternative route speed and with message type. The data are interpreted in relation to previous data examining everyday problem solving and aging.
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U2 - 10.1518/001872097778827188
DO - 10.1518/001872097778827188
M3 - Article
C2 - 9394636
AN - SCOPUS:0031428244
SN - 0018-7208
VL - 39
SP - 438
EP - 444
JO - Human Factors
JF - Human Factors
IS - 3
ER -