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Driving difficulties in Parkinson's diseaseMatthew Rizzo
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Mov Disord 25:S136-40. 2010..This includes driver performance monitoring devices, collision alerting and warning systems, road design, and graded licensure strategies...
Change blindness, aging, and cognitionMatthew Rizzo
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31:245-56. 2009..Advanced age and AD were associated with increased CB, perhaps due to declining memory and attention. CB could affect real-world tasks, like automobile driving...
Impaired driving from medical conditions: a 70-year-old man trying to decide if he should continue drivingMatthew Rizzo
Division of Neuroergonomics, and Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 1053, USA
JAMA 305:1018-26. 2011..Neurocognitive tests, driving simulation, and road tests provide complementary sources of evidence to evaluate driver safety. No single test is sufficient to determine who should drive and who should not...
Impaired perception of self-motion (heading) in abstinent ecstasy and marijuana usersM Rizzo
Division of Neuroergonomics and Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 179:559-66. 2005..This study asks, does recreational use of +/-3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC; marijuana) impair cognitive processes that help direct our safe movement through the world?..
An AUPN/ANA survey of department leader opinions on the health of US academic neurologyMatthew Rizzo
Department of Neurology, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 2144 RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 63:1354-6. 2004....
Eyes, brains, and autosMatthew Rizzo
Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroergonomics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1053, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 122:641-7. 2004
Psychoanatomical substrates of Bálint's syndromeM Rizzo
University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 1053, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 72:162-78. 2002....
Increased attentional blink after focal cerebral lesionsM Rizzo
Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242 1053, USA
Neurology 57:795-800. 2001..This attentional blink is reported to increase in subjects with neglect due to acute right hemisphere lesions...
Simulated car crashes at intersections in drivers with Alzheimer diseaseM Rizzo
College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 15:10-20. 2001....
Vision and cognition in Alzheimer's diseaseM Rizzo
College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neuropsychologia 38:1157-69. 2000..It is possible that better understanding of vision-related dysfunction could aid diagnosis and interventions to improve functional capacity in patients with dementia...
Simulated car crashes and crash predictors in drivers with Alzheimer diseaseM Rizzo
Colleges of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Arch Neurol 54:545-51. 1997..Rational decisions about whether such impaired individuals should continue to drive require objective assessments of driver performance...
Perception of movement and shape in Alzheimer's diseaseM Rizzo
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Brain 121:2259-70. 1998....
Translating cognitive neuroscience to the driver's operational environment: a neuroergonomic approachMonica N Lees
University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Am J Psychol 123:391-411. 2010....
Impaired navigation in drivers with Parkinson's diseaseErgun Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Brain 130:2433-40. 2007..Navigational errors and lower driver safety were associated more with impairments in cognitive and visual function than the motor severity of their disease in drivers with PD...
Impaired attentional disengagement in older adults with useful field of view declineJoshua D Cosman
Department of Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67:405-12. 2012..Typical measures of the useful field of view (UFOV) involve many components of attention. The objective of the current research was to examine the attentional operations that might underlie declines in the UFOV...
Distracted driving in elderly and middle-aged driversKelsey R Thompson
University of Iowa, Department of Neurology, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Accid Anal Prev 45:711-7. 2012....
Predictors of driving outcomes in advancing ageJamie L Emerson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Psychol Aging 27:550-9. 2012....
Cross-modal warnings for orienting attention in older drivers with and without attention impairmentsMonica N Lees
Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa, 3131 Seamans Center, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Appl Ergon 43:768-76. 2012..This study represents a first step in assessing whether combining a cognitive science paradigm and a driving simulator environment can quickly assess how different warning signals alert and orient drivers...
Cognitive functioning predicts driver safety on road tests 1 and 2 years laterNazan Aksan
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:99-105. 2012....
Unsafe rear-end collision avoidance in Alzheimer's diseaseErgun Y Uc
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, College of Medicice, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Neurol Sci 251:35-43. 2006..Drivers with AD had difficulty responding to driving conditions that pose a hazard for a REC. Some cognitive and visual tests were predictive of unsafe outcomes even after adjusting for disease status...
Detection of imminent collisions by drivers with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease: a preliminary studyLindsay M Vaux
Dept of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Accid Anal Prev 42:852-8. 2010....
Prediction of driving ability with neuropsychological tests: demographic adjustments diminish accuracyJoseph Barrash
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:679-86. 2010..When predicting real-world activities that depend on absolute levels of cognitive abilities regardless of demographic considerations, predictive accuracy is diminished by demographic corrections...
Neuropsychological predictors of driving errors in older adultsJeffrey D Dawson
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1090-6. 2010..To identify neuropsychological factors associated with driving errors in older adults...
Visual search for features and conjunctions following declines in the useful field of viewJoshua D Cosman
Department of Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Exp Aging Res 38:411-21. 2012..The objective of the current experiment was to examine differences in visual search efficiency for older individuals with and without UFOV impairment...
First and second-order motion perception after focal human brain lesionsMatthew Rizzo
Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Vision Res 48:2682-8. 2008..Motion deficits were seen with lesions outside the small occipito-temporal region thought to contain a human homolog of motion processing area MT (V5), suggesting that many areas of human brain process visual motion...
Spatial perception errors do not predict pointing errors by individuals with brain lesionsWarren G Darling
Department of Integrative Physiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 30:102-19. 2008..The results are compatible with theories that different neural pathways support perception and action for both the visual and the kinesthetic systems...
Visual vigilance in drivers with obstructive sleep apneaJon Tippin
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Psychosom Res 67:143-51. 2009..To determine the effects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on visual vigilance during simulated automobile driving...
Eye gaze does not produce reflexive shifts of attention: evidence from frontal-lobe damageShaun P Vecera
Department of Psychology, E11 Seashore Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 1407, USA
Neuropsychologia 44:150-9. 2006..EVR exhibits a general impairment in orienting attention endogenously, and this impairment includes orienting from gaze cues. Gaze cues direct attention in a voluntary, not a reflexive, manner...
Driving and neurodegenerative diseasesErgun Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 8:377-83. 2008..This information will enable healthcare providers to advise their patients with neurodegenerative disorders with more certainty, affect policy, and help develop rehabilitative measures for driving...
Impaired visual search in drivers with Parkinson's diseaseErgun Y Uc
Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Ann Neurol 60:407-13. 2006..To assess the ability for visual search and recognition of roadside targets and safety errors during a landmark and traffic sign identification task in drivers with Parkinson's disease (PD)...
Traffic-entry behavior and crash risk for older drivers with impairment of selective attentionThomas A Pietras
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Percept Mot Skills 102:632-44. 2006..Monte Carlo simulation showed that these performance differences increased the crash risk of the impaired group by up to 17.9 times that of the nonimpaired group...
Modeling lateral control in driving studiesJeffrey D Dawson
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Accid Anal Prev 42:891-7. 2010..Hence, this model may be a useful tool to define outcome measures for observational and interventional driving studies...
Driver route-following and safety errors in early Alzheimer diseaseE Y Uc
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Neurology 63:832-7. 2004..The demands of following route directions probably increased the cognitive load during driving, which might explain the higher number of safety errors...
Risky car following in abstinent users of MDMAElizabeth Dastrup
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Accid Anal Prev 42:867-73. 2010..Abstinent MDMA users do not perform worse than controls, but may assume extra risk. The control theory framework used in this study revealed behaviors that might not otherwise be evident...
Visual attention impairments in Alzheimer's diseaseM Rizzo
College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Neurology 54:1954-9. 2000..The authors tested the hypotheses that patients with AD would have impairments of visual attention, and that these impairments would correlate with dysfunction in other key cognitive domains...
Neuropsychological assessment of driving safety risk in older adults with and without neurologic diseaseSteven W Anderson
Division of Neuroergonomics, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:895-905. 2012....
Spatial attention: normal processes and their breakdownShaun P Vecera
Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurol Clin 21:575-607. 2003..33]. Understanding the integration of these neural sites and their relationship to cognitive processes and, ultimately, behavior, will increase understanding of normal and disordered attentional selection...
What are you looking at? Impaired 'social attention' following frontal-lobe damageShaun P Vecera
Department of Psychology, E11 Seashore Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 1407, USA
Neuropsychologia 42:1657-65. 2004..EVR is also impaired in using eye gaze cues to allocate attention, suggesting that 'social attention' may involve frontal-lobe processes that control voluntary, not automatic, shifts of visuospatial attention...
Unilateral posterior parietal lobe lesions affect representation of visual spaceWarren G Darling
Department of Exercise Science, Program in Physical Therapy, Program in Neuroscience, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Vision Res 43:1675-88. 2003....
Unilateral posterior parietal lobe lesions disrupt kinaesthetic representation of forearm orientationW G Darling
Department of Exercise Science, Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 75:428-35. 2004..To apply the lesion method to assess neuroanatomical substrates for judgments of forearm orientation from proprioceptive cues in humans...
Developmental lesions of visual cortex influence control of reachingW G Darling
Department of Exercise Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neuropsychologia 39:346-51. 2001..Results suggest that visual cortex in early life supports the development of lifelong neural mechanisms for the planning and control of reaching movements...
Disordered sensorimotor transformations for reaching following posterior cortical lesionsW G Darling
Department of Exercise Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52241, USA
Neuropsychologia 39:237-54. 2001..These findings are compatible with the hypothesis of different systems for guiding distance and direction of reaches distributed among structures in superior and inferior visual association cortex...
Driver landmark and traffic sign identification in early Alzheimer's diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:764-8. 2005..To assess visual search and recognition of roadside targets and safety errors during a landmark and traffic sign identification task in drivers with Alzheimer's disease...
Visual dysfunction in Parkinson disease without dementiaE Y Uc
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Neurology 65:1907-13. 2005..To determine the profiles of visual dysfunction and their relationship to motor and cognitive dysfunction and to disability in mild to moderate Parkinson disease (PD) without dementia...
Road safety in drivers with Parkinson diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 73:2112-9. 2009..To assess road safety and its predictors in drivers with Parkinson disease (PD)...
Driving under low-contrast visibility conditions in Parkinson diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Dr, 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 73:1103-10. 2009..To assess driving performance in Parkinson disease (PD) under low-contrast visibility conditions...
Amnesia and drivingS W Anderson
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29:1-12. 2007..These findings suggest that memory impairment acquired by experienced drivers does not impair most aspects of driving performance, but may increase safety risk under some challenging circumstances...
Predictors of driving safety in early Alzheimer diseaseJ D Dawson
Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa College of Public Health, 200 Hawkins Dr, C 22 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 72:521-7. 2009..To measure the association of cognition, visual perception, and motor function with driving safety in Alzheimer disease (AD)...
Driving with distraction in Parkinson diseaseE Y Uc
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive 2RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 67:1774-80. 2006..To assess the effects of auditory-verbal distraction on driving performance in Parkinson disease (PD)...
The effect of wearing a restrictive neck brace on driver performanceChristopher J Barry
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Neurosurgery 53:98-101; discussion 102. 2003..05), decreased lateral acceleration (P < 0.05), decreased axial rotation (P < 0.05), inadequate evaluation of intersection traffic, and an increase in the blind spot. CONCLUSION: A rigid cervical orthosis alters driver performance...
Vision and the brain, Part I. PrefaceJason J Barton
Neurol Clin 21:xi-xiii. 2003
Vision and the brain, Part IIJason J S Barton
Neurol Clin 21:ix-xi. 2003
The effects of physical activity and sedentary behavior on cognitive health in older adultsDavid E Vance
Dept of Psychology and Center for Research on Applied Gerontology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294 2100, USA
J Aging Phys Act 13:294-313. 2005..SEM techniques provided partial support for the social-stimulation hypothesis and depression-reduction hypothesis. Implications for treating depression and improving cognitive functioning are discussed...
Individual difference factors in risky driving: the roles of anger/hostility, conscientiousness, and sensation-seekingDavid C Schwebel
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd, CH 415, 35294, USA
Accid Anal Prev 38:801-10. 2006..Results are discussed with respect to previous work in the field, challenges involved in measuring the constructs of interest, and implications to prevention...
Neurologists for patient safety: where we stand, time to deliverThomas H Glick
Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, USA
Neurology 67:2119-23. 2006....
Aging and perception of visual form from temporal structureRandolph Blake
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Psychol Aging 23:181-9. 2008..This selective deficit may reveal reduced sensitivity within the temporal impulse response of the aging visual system, a deficit that could be related to reduced effectiveness of neural inhibition...
Individual difference factors in risky driving among older adultsDavid C Schwebel
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd, CH 415, Birmingham AL 35294, USA
J Safety Res 38:501-9. 2007..Among younger adults, one behavioral factor consistently linked to risky driving is personality, but this predictor has been overshadowed by research on cognitive, perceptual, and motor processes among older drivers...
Research Grants
- PREDICTIONS OF DRIVER SAFETY IN ADVANCING AGEMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2010..abstract_text> ..
- PREDICTIONS OF DRIVER SAFETY IN ADVANCING AGEMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- In-Car Technology to Alert Attention-Imparied DriversMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results may be used to design safer automobiles that use new strategies and technologies for collision warning, perceptual augmentation, and attention management. ..
- PREDICTIONS OF DRIVER SAFETY IN ADVANCING AGEMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- In-Car Technology to Alert Attention-Imparied DriversMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results may be used to design safer automobiles that use new strategies and technologies for collision warning, perceptual augmentation, and attention management. ..
- PREDICTIONS OF DRIVER SAFETY IN ADVANCING AGEMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2001..One of the ultimate goals of this research is to develop fair and accurate criteria to predict driving ability in elderly populations at risk for cognitive disability. ..
- PAP adherence and real-world driving safety in OSAMatthew Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2010....
