@article{ref1,
title="Effect of a concurrent auditory task on visual search performance in a driving-related image-flicker task",
journal="Human factors",
year="2002",
author="Vavrik, John and Shimizu, Y. and Prime, Steven L. and van Ee, Cheryl A. and Wright, R. D. and Richard, Christian M.",
volume="44",
number="1",
pages="108-119",
abstract="The effect of a concurrent auditory task on visual search was investigated using an image-flicker technique. Participants were undergraduate university students with normal or corrected-to-normal vision who searched for changes in images of driving scenes that involved either driving-related (e.g., traffic light) or driving-unrelated (e.g., mailbox) scene elements. The results indicated that response times were significantly slower if the search was accompanied by a concurrent auditory task. In addition, slower overall responses to scenes involving driving-unrelated changes suggest that the underlying process affected by the concurrent auditory task is strategic in nature. These results were interpreted in terms of their implications for using a cellular telephone while driving. Actual or potential applications of this research include the development of safer in-vehicle communication devices.   Keywords: Driver distraction;<p />",
language="en",
issn="0018-7208",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}