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Symposium

Clinical Practice

Brain Injury

Technology

Using New Technologies to Improve Our Prediction of Real-world Risky Driving and the Development of Individualized Interventions for Drivers with Neurological Compromise 1926

Thursday, October 30, 2025
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM  
Location:  ROOM: Grand Tradition Room >>> DIRECTIONS: Lobby Level >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed straight past the hotel front desk and enter the Grand Tradition Room through the main lobby hallway near the escalators to Lower Level.
Driving is an important part of independent living for all individuals.  Much reserach has been conducted to understand the visual and physical demands of safe driving, but less is understood about cognitive abilities and driving. New technologies, such as virtual reality and in-vehicle video recording offer new tools for improving our ability to make clincial recommendations about return to driving for individuals who have sustained neurological compromise (i.e.,  brain injury, stroke).  Importantly, these tools offer more then the ability to predict accidents - they provide insight into errors and at risk driving behaviors which can inform accident preventation.  The current study demonstrates how the development of more precise measures can inform driving performance acrosss the spectrum of cognitive compromise and offer individualized and targeted interventions for driver retraining opportunities to allow individuals to stay on the road safely.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participants will be able to detail how everyday driving behaviors may change after varying levels of injury/neurological compromise. This includes describe both objective measures of driving (i.e., driving patterns, driving errors, overt incidents) and subjective measures of the return-to-driving experience.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how new technologies can offer more precise assessment of driving performance after neurological compromise, with a focus on the relationship between specific cognitive domains and specific driving behaviors (i.e., managing turns, managing stop intersections, driving in different environments and conditions with increased cognitive load).
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how a more specific and precise understanding of driving after neurological compromise can offer the opportunity to develop individualized and targeted interventions for driver retraining opportunities and offer new opportunities to develop applications for clinical translation.