The Ontario Medical Association recently published a paper in which they review the literature on both behavioural and experimental studies and conclude that a strong association between cellphone use while driving and
cognitive distraction which leads to deterioration in various driving performance measures and an increase in unsafe, collision - prone driving.
Not exact matches
It focuses on the ability to hone in on a task and ignore
distractions,
which «leverages every single thing we do,» says
cognitive neuroscientist Helen Neville at the University of Oregon, Eugene.
The research interpretation of the fMRI and
cognitive tests is that the ongoing evaluation and selection process in bilingual children exercises brain circuits
which regulate attention control and block
distraction.
One of the most common
cognitive distractions is worry,
which can cause you to think about that one thing that's bothering you, rather than the road.
We report a case of the phobia of urinary incontinence treated with
cognitive behavioral techniques,
which involved
cognitive restructuring,
distraction, relaxation training, and exposure to feared situations.