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Special Report - The Retirement Industry - April 21, 2011
Scientists try to explain why older people aren't astute drivers
Research also may lead to better understanding of psychological conditions


When elderly drivers get behind the wheel, they often confront the harrowing reality that they cannot see easily other cars, pedestrians, or cyclists moving around them. This frightening effect of aging, it turns out, is not necessarily a result of a reduced ability to perceive moving objects, as one might suspect, but a heightened awareness of the backdrop against which these objects move.

A team of scientists led by University of Rochester Professor Duje Tadin has isolated the c...


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