Could driving help us to “see better”? A comparative assessment of saccadic efficiency, visual speed, and attention

Table 3 Correlation between the results of the ADEMd and UFOV tests

Variable			2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Age	Non-driver	− .368^**	− .430^**	.639^**	.637^**	.716^**	.569^*	.637^*	.826^**
1	Age	Driver	− .291^*	− .117	.069	.126	.298^*	.548^**	.717^**	.838^**
2	Hours reading	Non-driver	-	.118	− .361^**	− .291^*	− .363^**	− .422	− .759^*	− .617
2	Hours reading	Driver	-	.062	− .057	− .079	− .168	− .178	− .435^**	− .386^**
3	VF-14	Non-driver		-	− .520^**	− .515^**	− .392^**	− .363	− .397	− .329
3	VF-14	Driver		-	− .327^*	− .268^*	− .285^*	− .011	− .167	− .230
4	ADEMd V_adj	Non-driver			-	.932^**	.872^**	− .018	− .053	− .090
4	ADEMd V_adj	Driver			-	.787^**	.707^**	.137	.243	.206
5	ADEMd H_adj	Non-driver				-	.888^**	.032	.175	.140
5	ADEMd H_adj	Driver				-	.787^**	.059	.163	.307^*
6	ADEMd Hd_adj	Non-driver					-	.349	.256	.334
6	ADEMd Hd_adj	Driver					-	.322^*	.350^**	.410^**
7	UFOV Subtest 1	Non-driver						-	.710^**	.495
7	UFOV Subtest 1	Driver						-	.550^**	.457^**
8	UFOV Subtest 2	Non-driver							-	.703^**
8	UFOV Subtest 2	Driver							-	.816^**
9	UFOV Subtest 3	Non-driver								-
9	UFOV Subtest 3	Driver								-

VF-14 Visual Function Index Test, ADEMd Adult Developmental Eye Movement test with distractors, UFOV Useful Field of View test, V vertical sheets, H horizontal sheet, Hd horizontal sheet with distractors, adj adjusted time (considering participants’ mistakes during the testing phase)
^**Correlation is significant at the p < .001 level (2-tailed)
^*Correlation is significant at the p < .05 level (2-tailed)

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