25 – Driver Distraction /Bringing Sports into the Lab

How much does talking or texting on a smart phone impair driving
performance?  How can we get drivers’ attention back on the
road? 


How can we effectively bring the sports field into the lab by
creating representative task designs? Are coaches impairing skill
acquisition by oversimplifying sports skills? (Time
20:47)


Links to articles discussed:


http://about.att.com/story/smartphone_use_while_driving_grows_beyond_texting.html


Interference between concurrent tasks of driving and telephoning


A meta-analysis of the effects of cell phones on driver
performance


A meta-analysis of the effects of texting on driving


http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html


Examination of gaze behaviors under in situ and video simulation
task constraints reveals differences in information pickup for
perception and action


Issues and challenges in developing representative tasks in
sport 


Monocular Optical Constraints on Collision Control


 


More information:


http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


The Mind Orchestra – Really Like Your Phone


Robin Grey – Looking for Distraction-


Poets of ELAN – I Won’t Call It


Reigning Sound – Call Me Number 1


The Monitors - No Callback


Twin Atlas – Calling For You


Lo Fi is Sci Fi – Behold! The New Design


Christian Bland & The Revelators – Emotionless Man


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