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- Title
Driven to distraction: dual-Task studies of simulated driving and conversing on a cellular telephone.
- Authors
Strayer, D L; Johnston, W A
- Abstract
Dual-task studies assessed the effects of cellular-phone conversations on performance of a simulated driving task. Performance was not disrupted by listening to radio broadcasts or listening to a book on tape. Nor was it disrupted by a continuous shadowing task using a handheld phone, ruling out, in this case, dual-task interpretations associated with holding the phone, listening, or speaking, However significant interference was observed in a word-generation variant of the shadowing task, and this deficit increased with the difficulty of driving. Moreover unconstrained conversations using either a handheld or a hands-free cell phone resulted in a twofold increase in the failure to detect simulated traffic signals and slower reactions to those signals that were detected. We suggest that cellular-phone use disrupts performance by diverting attention to an engaging cognitive context other than the one immediately associated with driving.
- Publication
Psychological science, 2001, Vol 12, Issue 6, p462
- ISSN
0956-7976
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9280.00386