Talking and driving: Applications of crossmodal action reveal a special role for spatial language

Psychological Research

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 525-534

  Atchley, Paul ^a   Dressel, Jeff ^b   Jones, Todd C ^c   Burson, Rebecca A ^c   Marshall, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CSSI Inc   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAR DRIVING; COLOR VISION; HEARING; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80355133391     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0342-7     Document Type: Article

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