@article{ref1,
title="Brain waves suppressed by cell phone conversations",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2006",
author="Strayer, David L. and Martinez, Mandi and Cooper, Joel M. and Drews, Frank A.",
volume="50",
number="22",
pages="2364-2367",
abstract="Our research examined the effects of hands-free cell phone conversations on the encoding of traffic-related information while operating a motor vehicle. We recorded event-related brain potentials (ERPs) time-locked to the onset of a lead vehicle's brake lights while participants drove in a high-fidelity driving simulator. Compared to single-task driving conditions, the amplitude of the P300 component of the ERP was reduced by 50% when participants were conversing on the cell phone and the peak latency of the P300 was also delayed for these cellphone drivers. These psychophysiological data provide support the inattention-blindness hypothesis in which cell phone conversations impair the processing of information necessary for the safe operation of a motor vehicle.   Keywords: Driver distraction;<p /> <p>Language: en</p> ",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/154193120605002203",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120605002203"
}