Journal article
Good old gamers, good drivers: Results from a correlational experiment among older drivers
Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Vol.20, pp.1-21
2016
Abstract
In many situations, driving is essential for senior citizens to maintain their independent lifestyle. A systematic literature review was conducted that summarized the age-related physical, visual and cognitive functional declines and their associated risk to driving. Based on these findings, we explored whether the skills required in playing Xbox Kinect video games were correlated with measures of driving performance among older drivers. Fifty-two participants, 65 years of age or older (Mean = 72; SD = 3.84; range 65 - 85 years; 29 males) who have access to a car and drive frequently were invited to play Just dance, Table Tennis (ping pong), Bowling, and Dr Kawashima's Brain Training Exercises on an Xbox Kinect 360. Participants also completed a 25-minute on-road driving task along a predetermined route to assess and identify critical driving errors using a similar instrument as that used by a driving license examiner. Bivariate correlation examined the relationship between game scores and these objective driving skills. There was a significant correlation between the Xbox Kinect video games and on-road driving scores (r = 0.861, p < 0.001), indicating that 'good gamers are good drivers'. This correlation was significant for the males (r = 0.864, p < 0.001) as well as for the females (r = 0.878, p < 0.001). We suggest that performance on Xbox games may be a suitable, cost-effective and less-risky indicator of on-road driving skills for older drivers, particularly in jurisdictions in which mandatory testing of older citizens has been introduced or is being considered as a requirement in the driver licensing process. © 2016 Vichitvanichphong, Talaei-Khoei, Kerr, Ghapanchi & Scott-Parker.
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- Title
- Good old gamers, good drivers: Results from a correlational experiment among older drivers
- Authors
- Suchada Vichitvanichphong (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawAmir Talaei-Khoei (Author) - University of Technology SydneyDon Kerr (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawA H Ghapanchi (Author) - Griffith UniversityBridie Scott-Parker (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Vol.20, pp.1-21
- Publisher
- University of Canberra
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.3127/ajis.v20i0.1110
- ISSN
- 1449-8618
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 Vichitvanichphong, Talaei-Khoei, Kerr, Ghapanchi& Scott-Parker. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Australia License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and AJIS are credited.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449781802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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