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Effect of cellular telephone conversations and other potential interference on reaction time in a braking response.

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Consiglio W, Driscoll P, Witte M, Berg WP. · 2003

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Conversation during driving simulation slowed braking reaction time, but listening to the radio did not.

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The experiment studied the effect of phone conversations and other potential interference on reaction time in a braking response. Twenty-two participants used a laboratory station that simulated foot activity in driving. Mean reaction time was measured across five conditions: control, listening to a radio, conversing with a passenger, conversing using a hand-held phone, and conversing using a hands-free phone. Conversation, whether in-person or via cellular phone, slowed reaction time, while listening to the radio did not.

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This experiment studied the effect of phone conversations and other potential interference on reaction time (RT) in a braking response.

Using a laboratory station which simulated the foot activity in driving, 22 research participants we...

Results indicated that conversation, whether conducted in-person or via a cellular phone caused RT t...

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Consiglio W, Driscoll P, Witte M, Berg WP. (2003). Effect of cellular telephone conversations and other potential interference on reaction time in a braking response. Accid Anal Prev 35(4):495-500, 2003.
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@article{w_2003_effect_of_cellular_telephone_1991,
  author = {Consiglio W and Driscoll P and Witte M and Berg WP.},
  title = {Effect of cellular telephone conversations and other potential interference on reaction time in a braking response.},
  year = {2003},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12729813/},
}
PubMed: 12729813

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The experiment studied the effect of phone conversations and other potential interference on reaction time in a braking response.
Twenty-two research participants took part in the study.
The conditions were control, listening to a radio, conversing with a passenger, conversing using a hand-held phone, and conversing using a hands-free phone.
Conversation, whether in-person or via cellular phone, caused reaction time to slow.
Listening to music on the radio did not slow reaction time.