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divided attention  

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  • For experienced drivers, talking on a cell phone while driving seems relatively easy. From a processing perspective, however, it requires the concurrent perception, analysis, decision making, and response selection of multiple stimuli from different sensory modalities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Attention: Divided]

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