Title

Effects Of Gender And Athletic Participation On Driving Capability

Keywords

Athletic involvement; Braking response; Gender differences

Abstract

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. © 2002 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Publication Title

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volume

8

Issue

2

Number of Pages

281-292

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2002.11076529

Socpus ID

0036042974 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0036042974

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