Phone messages affect the detection of approaching pedestrians in healthy young and older adults immersed in a virtual community environment.

<h4>Background</h4>Mobile phones are increasingly associated with accidents while walking. Little is known, however, about the impact of phone messaging on the actual perception of other pedestrians. This study aimed to investigate the extent to which the detection of approaching pedestr...

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Main Authors: Wagner Souza Silva, Bradford McFadyen, Eva Kehayia, Nancy Azevedo, Joyce Fung, Anouk Lamontagne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217062