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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Driving Limits Language Ability

Yet another reason to dissuade your teen from talking on the phone while driving: Being behind the wheel of a car inhibits the ability to understand and use language, according to a study in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.

Dr. Gary Dell, a psycholinguist in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois, had 96 people use driving simulators as they tried to carry on a conversation through hands-free cell phones.
When asked to repeat stories they heard over their headphones, they remembered 20 percent less than when they were not driving.

Previous studies have demonstrated that talking on a cell phone also limits driving ability.

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Driving Limits Language Ability