Citation

Matthews RW, Kontou TG, Naweed A, Sargent C, Roach GD. Chronobiol. Int. 2018; 35(6): 750-753.

Affiliation

Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science, Central Queensland University , Adelaide , Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07420528.2018.1466799

PMID

29894206

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of passenger and phone conversations on sleep-restricted driving. Six volunteers (50% male, mean age 24.8 ± 4.3 years) had their sleep restricted to 4 h in bed followed by a 20-min simulated drive on three separate occasions. Each drive included either a passenger conversation, a mobile phone conversation or a quiet passenger. The effect size of a phone conversation on lane deviation was large while passenger conversation was small. The main effect of conversation on lane deviation was non-significant (F(2,10) = 2.57, p = 0.126). Combining sleep-restricted driving with conversations warrants further investigation.

Language: en

Keywords

Driving; cellular telephone; conversation; distraction; fatigue