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- Seniors Road Safety Enhancement through Perceptual-Motor Competences Training Program Impact upon the Performance on the Useful Field of Vision (UFOV)Publication . Matos, Rui; Varregoso, Isabel; Comprido, Ana; Coelho, Luís; Morouço, Pedro; Amaro, Nuno; Barroso, MarisaThe purpose of this study was to verify the efficacy of a PerceptualMotor Competences Training Program upon the performance on UFOV of an experimental active group of elderly drivers. Program tasks were conceived to force subjects to divide their attention for central and peripheral stimuli, using a visual strategy of gazing at an anchor-point and, from there, detect important clues on peripheral visual field. For this purpose, almost all tasks were performed on groups of two, being one responsible for testing the other and switching functions from time to time (for instance, dropping one of two juggling handkerchiefs hold apart, one in each tester hand, with the partner having to detect which was dropped and react as quick as possible, catching it before it felt to the floor). We found a significant improvement in the capacity of dividing attention for central and peripheral stimuli under a visual environment full of distractors (selective attention UFOV test) following the Program, as well as a significant reduction on the category of risk (component based upon the three UFOV subtests results), which evidence very clearly the benefits of this training program on the elderly experimental group and its potential to reduce their risk of being involved in car accidents, on their fault, due to perceptual reasons.
- The IPL 60+ Program : a singular case of senior education in an intergenerational contextPublication . Faria, Susana; Pimentel, Luísa; Comprido, Ana; Varregoso, IsabelAiming for the promotion of active aging, the IPL60+ Senior Education Program is designed for adults over 50 years old and is part of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria Strategic Plan since 2008, allowing its enrolled members to attend Curricular Units from any of the IPL’s graduation courses. Therefore, the Program is conceived as an intergenerational senior education initiative. Its mission is to help change the aging paradigm through the stimulation and promotion of formative, educational and socio-cultural activities that involve the individuals in their own learning path and lifelong development, always in an intergenerational sociability context able to strengthen mutual learning processes. By enrolling in regular classes, senior students share school premises with the younger students, being able to benefit from all the IPL Campus’ services and spaces including classrooms, as well as canteens, cafeterias and libraries. In parallel, the IPL60+ Program has been striving to complement the academic component, diversifying the offer of intellectual and physically stimulating activities that are appropriate to this specific audience. Simultaneously, there is a constant appeal to personal intervention and initiative, valuing the students’ cooperation in the organization of a series of their own initiatives, some with a clearly educational tone, others more recreational. Demand has been increasing substantially, expanding from 17 students enrolled in 2008 to 111 in the 2nd semester of 2010/11.