How Would You Design a Study to See Whether Drivers

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Essay

How would you design a study to see whether drivers using hands-free cell phones are distracted enough to slow their reactions to emergency situations? How would you collect data?

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Definitions:

Language Abilities

The capacity to use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so, which includes both the ability to comprehend and produce spoken and written language.

Neurocognitive Disorder

A category of mental health disorders that primarily affect cognitive abilities including learning, memory, and understanding.

Intellectual Disability

A condition characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills.

Aphasia

A condition characterized by the impairment of language ability, affecting production, comprehension, reading, or writing, due to brain damage.