Vision, attention, and driving

Anderson, David E.; Ghate, Deepta; Rizzo, Matthew

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-821377-3.00017-9

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“…Driving is a complex task engaging multiple cognitive systems that rapidly change to meet varying environmental demands [26]. Visual environmental cues are picked up by the visual pathways followed by higher order cortical processing, leading to execution of an appropriate response [9 ▪ ]. Driving evaluation techniques vary from subjective questionnaires, studies of governmental records on accidents and violations, to simulator studies and sophisticated naturalistic driving studies.…”

Section: Driving and Peripheral Field Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Optic nerve degeneration in glaucoma can delay signal transduction to early visual cortex thereby affecting the speed at which environmental stimuli can be detected [9 ▪ ]. Glaucoma patients with binocular VF loss have increased difficulty with lane maintenance, scanning and vehicle control [2 ▪ ,29,30].…”

Section: Glaucoma and Drivingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Glaucoma, the most common cause of irreversible blindness [8], is a slowly progressive optic neuropathy causing peripheral VF changes respecting the horizontal meridian, preserving central vision until end-stage disease. Glaucomatous damage can also affect higher cortical centers, compromising visual processing and consequently impairing complex visual tasks like driving [9 ▪ ], reading [10], facial recognition [11], and scene navigation [12]. Cortical injuries posterior to the optic chiasm cause peripheral field loss leading to homonymous VF defects that respect the vertical meridian [13].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Peripheral visual field loss and activities of daily living

Smolar

Gagrani

Ghate

2022

Current Opinion in Neurology

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Purpose of reviewPeripheral visual field (VF) loss affects 13% of the population over 65. Its effect on activities of daily living and higher order visual processing is as important as it is inadequately understood. The purpose of this review is to summarize available literature on the impact of peripheral vision loss on driving, reading, face recognition, scene recognition and scene navigation. Recent findingsIn this review, glaucoma and retrochiasmal cortical damage are utilized as examples of peripheral field loss which typically spare central vision and have patterns respecting the horizontal and vertical meridians, respectively. In both glaucoma and retrochiasmal damage, peripheral field loss causes driving difficulty -especially with lane maintenance --leading to driving cessation, loss of independence, and depression. Likewise, peripheral field loss can lead to slower reading speeds and decreased enjoyment from reading, and anxiety. In glaucoma and retrochiasmal field loss, face processing is impaired which impacts social functioning. Finally, scene recognition and navigation are also adversely affected, impacting wayfinding and hazard detection leading to decreased independence as well as more frequent injury. SummaryPeripheral VF loss is an under-recognized cause of patient distress and disability. All peripheral field loss is not the same, differential patterns of loss affect parameters of activities of daily living (ADL) and visual processing in particular ways. Future research should aim to further characterize patterns of deranged ADL and visual processing, their correlation with types of field loss, and associated mechanisms.

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Section: Driving and Peripheral Field Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Glaucoma and Drivingmentioning

confidence: 99%