Effects of a cell phone conversation on cognitive processing performances

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 582-588

  Kemker, Brett E ^a   Stierwalt, Julie A G ^b   LaPointe, Leonard L ^b   Heald, Gary R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory distraction; CalCAP; Cell phone; Cognition; Cognitive accuracy; Cognitive reaction time; Cognitive resource allocation; Dual task; Mobile phone; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849129953     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.9.6     Document Type: Article

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