Did you see the unicycling clown? Inattentional blindness while walking and talking on a cell phone

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 597-607

  Hyman, Ira E ^a   Boss, S Matthew ^a   Wise, Breanne M ^a   McKenzie, Kira E ^a   Caggiano, Jenna M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 78650427627     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1638     Document Type: Article

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