Executive Function Development and Stress Effects on Driving Performance: Preliminary Findings from a Young Adult Sample

doi:10.1201/9781315565750-3

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Executive Function Development and Stress Effects on Driving Performance: Preliminary Findings from a Young Adult Sample

ABSTRACT

Introduction

This chapter presents a pilot study examining the interactive contributions of executive function development/impairment and psychosocial stress to young adults' (17-30 years old) driving behaviour in a simulator city scenario.