Shifting attention across near and far spaces: implications for the use of hands-free cell phones while driving.
Accid Anal Prev
; 40(6): 1859-64, 2008 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-19068287
ABSTRACT
In three experiments, participants performed two tasks concurrently during driving. In the peripheral detection task, they responded manually to visual stimuli delivered through a LED placed on the internal rear mirror; in the conversation task, they were engaged in a conversation with a passenger, or through earphone-operated, loudspeaker-operated, or hand-held cell phones. Results showed that drivers were slower at responding to the visual stimuli when conversing through a hand-held cell phone or an earphone-operated cell phone than when conversing through a loudspeaker-operated cell phone or with a passenger. These results suggest that due to the brain coding the space into multiple representations, devices that make phone conversations taking place in the near, personal space make drivers slower at responding to visual stimuli, compared to devices that make the conversation occurring in a far space.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Espacio Personal
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Atención
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Conducción de Automóvil
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Teléfono Celular
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Sistemas Hombre-Máquina
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Accid Anal Prev
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia