M-CASTL awarded three research projects for the fourth year of our research initiative. Click on the project titles below to read the abstracts and view other project information.

Drowsy Driving among Older Adults
Principal Investigator: David W. Eby (UMTRI)
Co-Investigators: James S. Jackson (U-M Institute for Social Research), J. Todd Arnedt (U-M Psychiatry and Neurology), Toni C. Antonucci (U-M Social Sciences and the Humanities), Jacqui Smith (U-M Institute for Social Research), Lisa J. Molnar (UMTRI), Anita V. Shelgikar (U-M Neurology), and Jacob A. Nelson (AAA National Office)

Alertness Maintaining Task (AMT): Effects on Driving in Healthy Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Principal Investigators: Bruno Giordani (U-M Neuropsychology) and Carol Persad (U-M Neuropsychology)
Co-Investigators: James Ashton-Miller (U-M Institute of Gerontology and College of Engineering), Louis L. Tijerina (Ford Automotive), and Jeff A. Greenberg (Ford Automotive)

Development of a Protocol to Assess the Effects of Workload on Older Drivers: A Third Step
Principal Investigator: Paul A. Green (UMTRI)
Co-Investigator: Mark W. Newman (U-M School of Information)