PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stroop Effect
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Stroop effect: slow down to read the color instead of identifying what color the word is. Experiment used a simulator and measured misses to hit the brake and. It was more dangerous to be on your cell phone while driving than to be drunk reaction time according. Holding the cell phone was not the problem because there was little difference between hand held and hand free. Should having a conversation while driving be illegal if conversation is the. People on cell phones missed the exit more often than with passenger and problem? without either. Having a passenger usually means that they will give references to traffic whereas someone on a cell phone will not refer to traffic. Having a passenger is not as bad a using a cell phone. Driving is not truly automatic then because talking on a cell phone takes away from driving: texting.