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Turns and Downturns in Aging Drivers

2026-02-04 neurology Title + abstract only
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As cognitive decline progresses, older adults may self-regulate their driving. Avoidance of left turns across traffic is observable in naturalistic driving data but rarely self-reported. We studied 106 older adults using baseline and one-year follow-up neuropsychological assessments. In-vehicle sensors passively recorded driving behavior over 12 weeks. We identified 295,112 turns from vehicle heading changes. We used mixed-effects logistic regression to model the odds of turning left, with cogni...

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