The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 892-898

  Zajdel, Radoslaw ^a   Zajdel, Justyna ^a   Zwolińska, Anna ^a   Śmigielski, Janusz ^a   Beling, Piotr ^a   Cegliński, Tomasz ^a   Nowak, Dariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Complex senso motoric activities; Mobile phone; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84869848002     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.28891     Document Type: Article

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