TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of gender and athletic participation on driving capability
AU - Hancock, Peter A.
AU - Kane, Mary Jo
AU - Scallen, Steven
AU - Albinson, Courtney B.
PY - 2002/1
Y1 - 2002/1
N2 - This study sought to determine if spatiotemporal skills, represented by success in high level sport, transfer to driving and, if so, whether such transfer is mediated by the gender ofthe driver. Using an emergency-braking test, we compared the driving ability of male and female athletes and non-athletes and showed that athletes achieved significantly longer and therefore superior durations for time-to-contact. The advantage of athleticparticipation thus did not appear in movement time but rather in the ability to produce desirable performance in context. We found that males and females did not differ significantly with respect to driving, however, involvement in sport apparently transfers to aspects of driving and so provides benefits beyond the intrinsic reward of the sports activities themselves.
AB - This study sought to determine if spatiotemporal skills, represented by success in high level sport, transfer to driving and, if so, whether such transfer is mediated by the gender ofthe driver. Using an emergency-braking test, we compared the driving ability of male and female athletes and non-athletes and showed that athletes achieved significantly longer and therefore superior durations for time-to-contact. The advantage of athleticparticipation thus did not appear in movement time but rather in the ability to produce desirable performance in context. We found that males and females did not differ significantly with respect to driving, however, involvement in sport apparently transfers to aspects of driving and so provides benefits beyond the intrinsic reward of the sports activities themselves.
KW - Athletic involvement
KW - Braking response
KW - Gender differences
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U2 - 10.1080/10803548.2002.11076529
DO - 10.1080/10803548.2002.11076529
M3 - Article
C2 - 12067515
AN - SCOPUS:0036042974
VL - 8
SP - 281
EP - 292
JO - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
JF - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
SN - 1080-3548
IS - 2
ER -