Effect of a concurrent auditory task on visual search performance in a driving-related image-flicker task |
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Authors: | Richard Christian M Wright Richard D Ee Cheryl Prime Steven L Shimizu Yujiro Vavrik John |
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Affiliation: | Human Factors Transportation Center, Battelle Seattle Research Center, Washington 98105-3949, USA. richardc@battelle.org |
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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. |
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