Capturing Brain Activity During Driving Automobile

[Cannabis and automobile driving].

Cannabis use has increased considerably during the last 15 years. One of the major problems dealing with cannabis use is driving under the influence of drugs. With the exception of ethyl alcohol, the majority of the epidemiological studies have shown that cannabis is the most frequently detected substance in people suspected of driving under the influence of drugs. Experimental studies are ther...

Brain activity during driving with distraction: an immersive fMRI study

INTRODUCTION Non-invasive measurements of brain activity have an important role to play in understanding driving ability. The current study aimed to identify the neural underpinnings of human driving behavior by visualizing the areas of the brain involved in driving under different levels of demand, such as driving while distracted or making left turns at busy intersections. MATERIALS AND MET...

Automobile Driving And Aggressive Behavior

Automobile driving and aggressive behavior have had an extensive association. Themes of dominance and territoriality have long been part of automobile driving, which has aLso involved flagrant assaultive actions. Recent episodes of roadway violence in metropolitan areas have raised community concem about aggressive behavior in driving, although common beliefs about why such violence occurs can ...

Automobile driving in Huntington's disease.

We assessed the influence of the neurological and cognitive impairments of Huntington's disease (HD) on automobile driving. In a group of 73 HD outpatients, 53 (72%) continued to drive after illness onset. Those no longer driving had more severe symptoms than those still driving. Twenty-nine HD patients who were still driving and 16 healthy control subjects underwent a clinical examination, a c...

[Fitness for automobile driving after inhalation narcosis].