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| Trimble presents paper, addresses conference in New York | |||
| Cell phones not just dangerous while driving | Two tragic cases in the news this week have been linked to workers who were on their cell phones while on the clock. The death of an autistic man left in a sweltering van in Bucks County and a fatal Duck Boat accident on the Delaware River last summer have both been tied to inattentive workers鈥 |
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| The Great Hang Up: Clown? What clown? | How much do you miss right in front of you when you're using your cell phone? It turns out you might even miss a spectacle. In a groundbreaking study out of Western Washington University, researchers wanted to see how distracting a cell phone can be with the help of a clown on a unicycle.鈥 |
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| Calif. TV station runs segment on Ira Hyman's cell phone attentiveness research | |||
| 草榴社区's Mike Mana to discuss the science of caffeine, nicotine and alcohol at Feb. 7 meeting downtown | |||
| Joseph Trimble presents papers, chairs symposia at Seattle conference | |||
| Clown? What clown? | COGNITIVE psychologists say accidents involving 'multitasking' pedestrians occur because humans - like the gadgets they are addicted to - have only that much processing power. If they devote too much of this limited brain power to their gadgets, then something else has to give鈥 |
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| TV crew takes to campus for another reenactment of Ira Hyman's research into cell phone distractions | |||
| From the Heartland: Shut Up and Drive | The 鈥淪hut up and drive!鈥 bumper sticker fairly summarizes my feelings toward vehicular cell phone use, though I might preface my request with a polite, 鈥淧lease.鈥 If you鈥檙e hurling through space at high speeds, I鈥檓 sure your call can wait. Several states throughout the country have gently鈥 |
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| Jeffrey King to talk culture and psychology at Faculty GUR Group Jan. 18 and 20 |