Overheard Cell-phone Conversations: When Less Speech is More Distracting

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1383-1388

  Emberson, Lauren L ^a,b   Lupyan, Gary ^c   Goldstein, Michael H ^a   Spivey, Michael J ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cell phones; dialogue; distraction; dual task; halfalogue; speech; unpredictability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CELLULAR PHONE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049236848     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610382126     Document Type: Article

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