Crosswalk time estimation and time perception: An experimental study among older female pedestrians

•Mental chronometry of crossing searched for age-related under- or overestimation.•A duration production task tested the individual time base.•Underestimation was related to an accelerated time base for old people.•Old people with walking impairment overestimated their crossing time. Since the sense...

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Published in:Accident analysis and prevention 2013-11, Vol.60, p.42-49
Main Authors: Naveteur, J., Delzenne, J., Sockeel, P., Watelain, E., Dupuy, M.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
Accidents, Traffic - psychology
Adult
Adults
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Biological and medical sciences
Disabilities
Distortion
Female
Females
Genital system. Mammary gland
Human health and pathology
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Life Sciences
Linear Models
Matched-Pair Analysis
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Motor imagery
Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques
Pedestrians
Prevention and actions
Psychomotor Performance
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk-Taking
Roads
Safety
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tasks
Time Perception
Walking
Walking - psychology
Walking disability
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Summary:•Mental chronometry of crossing searched for age-related under- or overestimation.•A duration production task tested the individual time base.•Underestimation was related to an accelerated time base for old people.•Old people with walking impairment overestimated their crossing time. Since the sense of time is strongly influenced by advancing age, this laboratory study aimed to find out more about older pedestrians’ decisions to cross the road, focusing on their estimates of how long it would take them to cross. The walking times of older female adults with or without any walking impairment and of healthy young adults were recorded on a walkway representing a road section. Participants also performed actual and imagined crossings of this “road” as well as a duration production task. Results showed that misestimated crossing times were related to the individual time base, with stronger time distortions in some older participants. A comparison between the older participants with disabilities and their age-paired counterparts without disabilities revealed an overestimation of crossing time in the former, affording them a bigger safety margin.
ISSN:0001-4575
1879-2057
DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.014