... researchers at the University of Warwick reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention ... by the same amount. The test participants who were distracted by a phone conversation also made 83% more errors in the task ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds that overheard cell phone conversations are distracting because we can't predict what will be said next.
A new study reveals a twist that helps explain why nearby cell phone conversations can be so annoying.
... could be heard, the same as overhearing a cell-phone conversation. She also recorded each woman recapping ... are audible, it flows predictably, but a cell phone conversation is quite unpredictable. Emberson conducted the study ...
... inside TransLink --Vancouver's crowded mass transit buses and trains: other passengers' cell phone conversations. [More] Mobile phone - University of British Columbia ...
... affect society. The flexibility of the cell phone for holding conversations, sending and receiving email and texts ... , and even in class. The researchers point out that cell phone conversations, ringtone sounds and device key ...
... a year and routinely corresponded through emails and phone conversations. While mentoring is often viewed as the adult offering support to the child, the study found that the collaboration ...
... the cell, Doe said. "It is much like eavesdropping on a phone conversation, rather than pulling the person out of the house for questioning. The cell has no idea that its RNAs are being 'tagged ...
... red lights and collisions — effects attributed to phone conversation absorbing important voluntary attentional resources needed to respond to information in the driving field ...
... say. "Today many people pick up the phone when they want to talk with a lawyer or have a private conversation," Kohno said. "But more and more communication ... is designed to give people the same privacy for e-mail and the Web that they expect for a phone conversation ...
... of miles on a single charge. And if a purportedly "leaked" phone conversation from EEStor CEO Richard Weir currently making the rounds is legit, the long-in-development ...
... say, "drivers apparently attempt to divide attention between a phone conversation and driving, adjusting the processing priority ... times are substantially slower than when they're engaged in a phone conversation. The type of texting activity also appears ...
... be carrying Internet traffic, but it could also carry cell phone conversations transmitted over a remote antenna installed in the premises. In a multi-user scenario, the radio signals ...
... with a second demanding activity added (a cell phone conversation that involved memorizing words and solving ... impairment on the measurements of either driving or cell conversation when in combination. Further, researchers found that these individuals' performance ...
... . This could translate to the driver's cell phone conversation as well. "A delay in the conversation could be a problem if the person (spouse ... ending the relationship, problems arising from a difficult phone conversation, may push their relationship to the tipping point ...
