New evidence that cars, cell phones are a bad combination
New research from Johns Hopkins University finds that the human brain cannot give full attention to visual and auditory tasks at the same time, suggesting the cell phone conversations negatively affect driving skills.
Guest: Steven Yantis, professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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