cognitive deficits such as impairments in attention, memory, information processing and executive functioning can be found in some parkinson's disease (pd) patients. recent studies suggested that pd drivers generally performed poorer than their healthy age-matched controls with regards to their cognitive and motor abilities during the psychometric testing. according to michon’s model of ca...

In order to explore the relationship between car driving and musculoskeletal troubles, a cross-sectional structured-interview survey of low- to high-mileage drivers (including individuals who drove as part of their job) was conducted based on the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. The results clearly showed that exposure to car driving was associated with reported sickness absence due to low...

We present an approach for automated design of the functionary of driving agent, able to operate a software model of fast running car. Our objective is to discover a single driving rule (if existent) that is general enough to be able to adequately control the car in all sections of predefined circuits. In order to evolve an agent with such capabilities, we propose an indirect, generative repres...

Current autonomous driving technology heavily relies on a special sensor, Velodyne Sensor, and a detailed precision map. From Darpa Grand Challenge in 2005 to current Google Car, Velodyne Lidar sensors are used widely. They could provide 360 degree real-time 3D distance map by illuminating environment with lasers and analyzing the reflect light. The 3D distance map can be used in obstacle detec...

In this article, we study how drivers interact with in-car interfaces, particularly by focusing on understanding driver in-car glance behavior when multitasking while driving. The work focuses on using an incar touch screen to find a target item from a large number of unordered visual items spread across multiple screens. We first describe a cognitive model that aims to represent a driver's vis...

Driving a car is important to maintain independence and participate in society. Many of those who use psychoactive medication are outpatients and are thus likely to drive a vehicle. Most common adverse effects that impair driving are reduced alertness, affected psychomotor functioning and impaired vision. This review discusses the effects on driving ability of most commonly prescribed psychoact...

It has been suggested that the ability to drive a car is impaired in patients with cirrhosis of the liver and minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). However, the only study using an on-road driving test did not reveal such an impairment. In a prospective controlled study, we evaluated patients with cirrhosis of the liver for MHE and the ability to drive a car. MHE was diagnosed using three psych...