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The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner

INTRODUCTION: Mobile phone conversation decreases the ability to concentrate and impairs the attention necessary to perform complex activities, such as driving a car. Does the ringing sound of a mobile phone affect the driver's ability to perform complex sensory-motor activities? We compared a...

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Autores principales: Zajdel, Radoslaw, Zajdel, Justyna, Zwolińska, Anna, Śmigielski, Janusz, Beling, Piotr, Cegliński, Tomasz, Nowak, Dariusz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185201
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2012.28891
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author Zajdel, Radoslaw
Zajdel, Justyna
Zwolińska, Anna
Śmigielski, Janusz
Beling, Piotr
Cegliński, Tomasz
Nowak, Dariusz
author_facet Zajdel, Radoslaw
Zajdel, Justyna
Zwolińska, Anna
Śmigielski, Janusz
Beling, Piotr
Cegliński, Tomasz
Nowak, Dariusz
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description INTRODUCTION: Mobile phone conversation decreases the ability to concentrate and impairs the attention necessary to perform complex activities, such as driving a car. Does the ringing sound of a mobile phone affect the driver's ability to perform complex sensory-motor activities? We compared a subject's reaction time while performing a test either with a mobile phone ringing or without. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The examination was performed on a PC-based reaction time self-constructed system Reactor. The study group consisted of 42 healthy students. The protocol included instruction, control without phone and a proper session with subject's mobile phone ringing. The terms of the study were standardised. RESULTS: There were significant differences (p < 0.001) in reaction time in control (597 ms), mobile (633 ms) and instruction session (673 ms). The differences in female subpopulation were also significant (p < 0.01). Women revealed the longest reaction time in instruction session (707 ms), were significantly quicker in mobile (657 ms, p < 0.01) and in control session (612 ms, p < 0.001). In men, the significant difference was recorded only between instruction (622 ms) and control session (573 ms, p < 0.01). The other differences were not significant (p > 0.08). Men proofed to complete significantly quicker than women in instruction (p < 0.01) and in mobile session (p < 0.05). Differences amongst the genders in control session was not significant (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained proofed the ringing of a phone exerts a significant influence on complex reaction time and quality of performed task.
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spelling pubmed-35062222012-11-26 The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner Zajdel, Radoslaw Zajdel, Justyna Zwolińska, Anna Śmigielski, Janusz Beling, Piotr Cegliński, Tomasz Nowak, Dariusz Arch Med Sci Clinical Research INTRODUCTION: Mobile phone conversation decreases the ability to concentrate and impairs the attention necessary to perform complex activities, such as driving a car. Does the ringing sound of a mobile phone affect the driver's ability to perform complex sensory-motor activities? We compared a subject's reaction time while performing a test either with a mobile phone ringing or without. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The examination was performed on a PC-based reaction time self-constructed system Reactor. The study group consisted of 42 healthy students. The protocol included instruction, control without phone and a proper session with subject's mobile phone ringing. The terms of the study were standardised. RESULTS: There were significant differences (p < 0.001) in reaction time in control (597 ms), mobile (633 ms) and instruction session (673 ms). The differences in female subpopulation were also significant (p < 0.01). Women revealed the longest reaction time in instruction session (707 ms), were significantly quicker in mobile (657 ms, p < 0.01) and in control session (612 ms, p < 0.001). In men, the significant difference was recorded only between instruction (622 ms) and control session (573 ms, p < 0.01). The other differences were not significant (p > 0.08). Men proofed to complete significantly quicker than women in instruction (p < 0.01) and in mobile session (p < 0.05). Differences amongst the genders in control session was not significant (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained proofed the ringing of a phone exerts a significant influence on complex reaction time and quality of performed task. Termedia Publishing House 2012-05-31 2012-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3506222/ /pubmed/23185201 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2012.28891 Text en Copyright © 2012 Termedia & Banach http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zajdel, Radoslaw
Zajdel, Justyna
Zwolińska, Anna
Śmigielski, Janusz
Beling, Piotr
Cegliński, Tomasz
Nowak, Dariusz
The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
title The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
title_full The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
title_fullStr The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
title_full_unstemmed The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
title_short The sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
title_sort sound of a mobile phone ringing affects the complex reaction time of its owner
topic Clinical Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185201
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2012.28891
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