The Development of Perception

I was skimming through a couple of these emails and noticed there were several people that mentioned their inability to see the hidden pictures in the magic eye drawings. I can usually see them if I stare at them the right way for a long time, but I remember that there were some I could never get when I looked at them as a kid. I doubt there's been any extensive research into people's ability to see magic eye drawings but I was wondering whether there would be a anatomical reason why some people can't see the images, like there would be a reason why some people are color-blind, and what that would be. Also, I would imagine that people with certain limitations like color-blindness would have more trouble perceiving these kinds of things for the same reasons. I think it is interesting that you could probably pinpoint certain kinds of illusions that people could or couldn't see depending on their eye structure, and maybe even their different perceptive backgrounds. I remember Dr. Strayer mentioning that people who weren't used to this culture's conventional square rooms wouldn't see the Ame's room example as visually confusing. Obviously this doesn't indicate a deficiency in other cultures' perceptive abilities, but merely a different set of visual standards.

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>    1. Quintin Fidler: Visual training and ultrasound (quinting@aol.com)
>    2. Cross-cultural aspects of cognitive psych. (Charles Lincoln Allen)
>    3. RE: Quintin Fidler: Visual training and ultrasound (Megan Larsen)
>    4. Julie Hinckle:  3D Effect (JAMES C HINCKLE)
>    5. Julie Hinckle: 3D Effect (JAMES C HINCKLE)
>    6. Jedi mind tricks (Matt Hansen)
>    7. Perception of Depth and Movement (Steve Best)
>    8. (no subject) (Sofia Rosalinda)
>    9. (no subject) (Joseph Boyer)
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>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:10:07 -0400
>From: quinting@aol.com
>Subject: [Psych3120] Quintin Fidler: Visual training and ultrasound
>Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
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>One of the points that kept coming up in class is that much of our vision is actually learned behavior and that we can, to some degree, be trained to recognize certain aspects of what we see. One of the examples that was given was the discussion of sonograms and that it is the motion that gives most of the visual cues. My wife is a radiation technologist so I asked her about ulttrasound and sonograms. She gave me some interesting information. She told me that even though the radiologist (the doctor that reads x-rays and? sonograms) can read the sonogram they only spend part of the time doing so, because they are also looking at x-rays CT scans and MRIs. On the other hand the sonographer spends all day looking at the sonograms. Because of this the doctors rely very heavily on the sonographer? when doing their diagnosis. My wife went on to explain that sonographers are the only technicians who are allowed to tell a patient what they see. The other technicians that take x-rays !
>  for instance cant tell you your leg is broken even though they see it on the x-ray.
>
>The point of all this is that visual training and practice at least in this career field is very important.
>
>Note: this is my second post my first was on Astigmatism.
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><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">One of the points that kept coming up in class is that much of our vision is actually learned behavior and that we can, to some degree, be trained to recognize certain aspects of what we see. One of the examples that was given was the discussion of sonograms and that it is the motion that gives most of the visual cues. My wife is a radiation technologist so I asked her about ulttrasound and sonograms. She gave me some interesting information. She told me that even though the radiologist (the doctor that reads x-rays and  sonograms) can read the sonogram they only spend part of the time doing so, because they are also looking at x-rays CT scans and MRIs. On the other hand the sonographer spends all day looking at the sonograms. Because of this the doctors rely very heavily on the sonographer  when doing their diagnosis. My wife went on to explain that sonographers are the only technicians who are allowed to tell a patient wh!
>  at they see. The other technicians that take x-rays for instance cant tell you your leg is broken even though they see it on the x-ray. <br>
><br>
>The point of all this is that visual training and practice at least in this career field is very important.<br>
><br>
>Note: this is my second post my first was on Astigmatism.<br>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:21:18 -0600
>From: "Charles Lincoln Allen" <u0390673@utah.edu>
>To: <psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu>
>Subject: [Psych3120] Cross-cultural aspects of cognitive psych.
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>In one of my cross-cultural psych classes we talked about how people in =
>other cultures focus on different parts of the body when dealing with =
>people.  For example, in most western societies it is proper to look =
>someone in the eyes when talking to them however in many other societies =
>this is discouraged and other parts are encouraged.  I was wondering if =
>people of cultures where it was not common to look people in the eyes =
>would see the upside down face images that he showed in class =
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><P><FONT SIZE=3D2>In one of my cross-cultural psych classes we talked =
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>many other societies this is discouraged and other parts are =
>encouraged.  I was wondering if people of cultures where it was not =
>common to look people in the eyes would see the upside down face images =
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>Message: 3
>From: "Megan Larsen" <meg_meg84@msn.com>
>To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>Subject: RE: [Psych3120] Quintin Fidler: Visual training and ultrasound
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:35:32 -0600
>Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>
>That is really interesting that concepts are appliccable and also very
>important to areas other than psychology. I never really thought about this
>being such an important and speicalized thing in those types of feilds. Good
>info!
>
>
> >From: quinting@aol.com
> >Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
> >To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
> >Subject: [Psych3120] Quintin Fidler: Visual training and ultrasound
> >Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:10:07 -0400
> >
> >One of the points that kept coming up in class is that much of our vision
> >is actually learned behavior and that we can, to some degree, be trained to
> >recognize certain aspects of what we see. One of the examples that was
> >given was the discussion of sonograms and that it is the motion that gives
> >most of the visual cues. My wife is a radiation technologist so I asked her
> >about ulttrasound and sonograms. She gave me some interesting information.
> >She told me that even though the radiologist (the doctor that reads x-rays
> >and? sonograms) can read the sonogram they only spend part of the time
> >doing so, because they are also looking at x-rays CT scans and MRIs. On the
> >other hand the sonographer spends all day looking at the sonograms. Because
> >of this the doctors rely very heavily on the sonographer? when doing their
> >diagnosis. My wife went on to explain that sonographers are the only
> >technicians who are allowed to tell a patient what they see. The other
> >technicians that take x-rays !
> >  for instance cant tell you your leg is broken even though they see it on
> >the x-ray.
> >
> >The point of all this is that visual training and practice at least in this
> >career field is very important.
> >
> >Note: this is my second post my first was on Astigmatism.
> >
> >________________________________________________________________________
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>From: "JAMES C HINCKLE" <jimandjulie@msn.com>
>To: "Psych 3120-Modes $Cog. Psych$" <psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu>
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:38:41 -0600
>Subject: [Psych3120] Julie Hinckle:  3D Effect
>Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
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>had them around the house to play with, but I never really understood =
>how the 3D effect was created.  Now I get it...there is an image =
>projected to the left eye and an image projected to the right eye, both =
>slightly offset.  Then the images are combined to produce the 3D effect. =
>  It was interesting to learn that aerial reconnaissance photos used to =
>be just two dimensional until it was discovered that if one camera was =
>placed on the left wing of a plane and another placed on the right wing, =
>both taking pictures, the images could then be combined to obtain DEPTH, =
>just like the viewmaster concept.  It makes me wonder if this same =
>two-camera technique is how they film IMAX movies.  I love IMAX movies =
>because you get a realistic feeling that you are actually flying with =
>the birds, shooting the river rapids or flying a helicopter through the =
>Grand Canyon.  I know they use special cameras for filming, but I am not =
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>From: "JAMES C HINCKLE" <jimandjulie@msn.com>
>To: "Psych 3120-Modes $Cog. Psych$" <psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu>
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:29:54 -0600
>Subject: [Psych3120] Julie Hinckle: 3D Effect
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>When I was a child growing up in Portland, Oregon back in the 1950's, my =
>mother worked for the company that made Viewmasters.  As kids, we always =
>had them around the house to play with, but I never really understood =
>how the 3D effect was created.  Now I get it...there is an image =
>projected to the left eye and an image projected to the right eye, both =
>slightly offset.  Then the images are combined to produce the 3D effect. =
>  It was interesting to learn that aerial reconnaissance photos used to =
>be just two dimensional until it was discovered that if one camera was =
>placed on the left wing of a plane and another placed on the right wing, =
>both taking pictures, the images could then be combined to obtain DEPTH, =
>just like the viewmaster concept.  It makes me wonder if the same =
>two-camera technique is how they film IMAX movies.  I love IMAX movies =
>because you get a realistic feeling that you are actually flying with =
>the birds, shooting the river rapids or flying in a helicopter through =
>the Grand Canyon.  I know they use special cameras for filming, but I am =
>not sure if they edit the two films together to create the 3D effect.  =
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>interesting to=20
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>until it=20
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>Message: 6
>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:08:33 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Matt Hansen <mattsweden@yahoo.com>
>To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>Subject: [Psych3120] Jedi mind tricks
>Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>
>In our last lecture Dr. Strayer talked about
>perceptual organization.  I was particularly
>interested in the importance of top-down processing.
>Those pictures with the mouths and eyes really freaked
>me out.  It was so funny that my mind registered
>something wrong, but didn’t really see it until the
>photo was turned right side up.  This was especially
>the case with the Abraham Lincoln picture.  Besides
>all of the mind tricks we saw in lecture it makes me
>wonder how many more there are.  Are there more laws
>of the mind?
>Matt Hansen
>
>
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>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:55:37 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Steve Best <stevenlbest@yahoo.com>
>To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>Subject: [Psych3120] Perception of Depth and Movement
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>My brother mentioned that he had read an article stating that the area of the brain where perception of distance and depth is processed is not fully developed in humans until around 19 to 21 years of age!  We discussed how that affects judgment in small children judging the speed and distance of oncoming vehicles when attempting to cross a street, or in adolescents maneuvering in traffic when first obtaining a drivers license at 16 years of age.  There may be a possible correlation to this idea and the seemingly higher incidences of accidents in teenage drivers.
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>From: "Sofia Rosalinda" <forgetmenot@q.com>
>To: "psychology message board" <psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu>
>Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 10:48:40 -0600
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>Last week I missed both Monday and Wednesday's classes since I was =
>deathly ill and on my deathbed, (not really, but it did feel like it) =
>anyways, could anyone fill me in on what I missed and what I should =
>defienately study in the book?  Thanks
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>Message: 9
>Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 10:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Joseph Boyer <joeboyer31@yahoo.com>
>To: psych class <psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu>
>Subject: [Psych3120] (no subject)
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>Some of you have mentioned how interesting it is that our eyes saw the faces just fine until they were flipped around and then we saw how distorted we were. I thought it was also awesome that if we were to see it enough then our brains would eventually become accustomed and we would be able to see it as if it were right side up. It is fascinating how adaptable our brains are.
>
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>Some of you have mentioned how interesting it is that our eyes saw the faces just fine until they were flipped around and then we saw how distorted we were. I thought it was also awesome that if we were to see it enough then our brains would eventually become accustomed and we would be able to see it as if it were right side up. It is fascinating how adaptable our brains are.<p>
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I know that we have moved off the topic of color blind= ness but I was at the hair salon yesterday and a woman there had asked the = owner who an artist was of some paintings that were hanging on the wall.&nb= sp; These modern paintings are incredible with deep, rich, bold colors that= seem so live that at any moment the butterfly is going to flutter his wing= s and fly off into the sky. The owner said that they were the work of= a local artist (I apologize but, I cannot remember his name) who is actual= ly monochromatic and completely color blind. He is able to paint the = correct colors of things because his wife has vividly described to hi= m what the color looks like so explicitly that he his able to imagine what = the color would look like in his mind and then he paints his paintings. Of course, he has to read the paint jar every time he dip= s the paint brush in to make sure that he is using the right paint color.&n= bsp; But anyway, I was amazed with these incredible paintings and was very = impressed with his ability to express color so vividly when the world that = he sees is completely black and white.

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I would not have noticed the difference unless, like they were in class, be= en brought to my attention. It is so funny how the human mind works and how= little things can even trick the brain.
When the video was shown with the gorilla, i could not believe it because I= had never seen it before and i was completely paying attention to the whit= e team and blocking out anything that was black, so when i saw it the secon= d time around, i was appauled that my eyes and mind would not have caught t= hat silly display!
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More photos; more messages; more whatever =96 Get MOR= E with Windows Live=99 Hotmail=AE. NOW with 5GB storage. Get more! = --_8c5b3efb-98be-40e1-b5dc-c953e5604f50_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Fri Sep 21 00:08:29 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Joseph Boyer) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:08:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Psych3120] week 5 Message-ID: <373720.42740.qm@web56912.mail.re3.yahoo.com> --0-1017958766-1190329709=:42740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I just had another question about Monday's lecture. We watched that movie "The Conversation" where two women are talking about a surprise party (horrible acting). As the camera angles changed props in the movie would also change drastically. if that movie had been on mute would we have noticed the subtle changes more easily? --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. --0-1017958766-1190329709=:42740 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

I just had another question about Monday's lecture. We watched that movie "The Conversation" where two women are talking about a surprise party (horrible acting). As the camera angles changed props in the movie would also change drastically.

if that movie had been on mute would we have noticed the subtle changes more easily?

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Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. --0-1017958766-1190329709=:42740-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Fri Sep 21 16:17:38 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Megan Larsen) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:17:38 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Thank you. In-Reply-To: <691102.35644.qm@web32406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: glad to help! >From: Erin Rutledge >Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >Subject: [Psych3120] Thank you. >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25:56 -0700 (PDT) > >Thank you Megan for giving me the update of what took place on Monday. I >have experienced the Stroop test before so I knew what you were talking >about. Your email was very helpful. > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get >listings, and more! >http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Fri Sep 21 17:02:49 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Jennifer Smith) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:02:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Psych3120] Talking on cell phones while driving! Message-ID: <894263.83969.qm@web50811.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --0-736506384-1190390569=:83969 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It seems that every other person on the road is talking on the cell phone while driving. While I am not a person who gets easily irritated, I do get annoyed with drivers on their phones when they are so wrapped up in conversation that they sit thru green trffic lights. (which happened two days ago). While I am one of those busy body people who likes to multi-task, over a year ago, I finally broke myself of the habit of talking on my cell phone while driving. I guess for most people driving has become so automatic that they think that there should be attention to spare while driving to talk on phone. Is the expertise of the driver a factor will cell phone related traffic accidents? Is using cell phones while driving is a greater risk for less experienced drivers? Perhaps, because they are more likely to glance away from the road (usually to dial) for long periods of time and at risky moments when attention to the road is crucial. There is no doubt that when talking on your cell phone, you are more apt to miss traffic signals and are much slower to react, even using a hands-free phone. Perhaps it is because you are imaging a context (with the person on the other end of the line) other than the context in which you are driving in? --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. --0-736506384-1190390569=:83969 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

It seems that every other person on the road is talking on the cell phone while driving. While I am not a person who gets easily irritated, I do get annoyed with drivers on their phones when they are so wrapped up in conversation that they sit thru green trffic lights. (which happened two days ago). While I am one of those busy body people who likes to multi-task, over a year ago, I finally broke myself of the habit of talking on my cell phone while driving. I guess for most people driving has become so automatic that they think that there should be attention to spare while driving to talk on phone. Is the expertise of the driver a factor will cell phone related traffic accidents? Is using cell phones while driving is a greater risk for less experienced drivers? Perhaps, because they are more likely to glance away from the road (usually to dial) for long periods of time and at risky moments when attention to the road is crucial. There is no doubt that when talking on your cell phone, you are more apt to miss traffic signals and are much slower to react, even using a hands-free phone. Perhaps it is because you are imaging a context (with the person on the other end of the line) other than the context in which you are driving in?

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Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. --0-736506384-1190390569=:83969-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Fri Sep 21 20:12:14 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Diana Alleman) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:12:14 +0000 Subject: [Psych3120] Diana Alleman Message-ID: Topic: Selective Attention I think of selective attention when I am talking to someone (really anyone). Is what they are saying to me interesting? or what selected information do I choose to pick up from the conversation? What is relevant and what is irrelevant? To me it could have been what they ate for lunch that day but to someone else it could be the political standing of the U.S government. We listeners decide what to pay attention to regardless of what really was significant to the person talking. Selective Attention is diverse to topics, people, and the situation. I find it intriguing how people are so different in their thought processes. From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Fri Sep 21 20:59:23 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Alissa Nielson) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:59:23 -0700 Subject: [Psych3120] Alissa Nielson Message-ID: <46F3C02C0200005300018D3A@gwmail1.kleinfelder.com> This happened to me last week and I wasn't sure if it really was an example of top-down processing so I didn't submit it; however, I can't think of anything else so I'm going to anyway. One very early morning, RIGHT after I woke up, I saw a bunch of white wispy things in one of my baskets. I was so confused and so tired so I couldn't figure out what it was even thought I was trying really hard. I had to actually think, 'Now what would be there in that place that those wispy things could be?' After thinking about it I realized it would have to be a blanket. Because blankets are what are in that basket. Once I realized it was a blanket I realized what blanket it was and what the wispy things were (they were the grass on my horsy blanket). It wasn't until I knew what those wispy things were attached to that I knew what they were. >>> 09/20/07 11:03 AM >>> Send Psych3120 mailing list submissions to psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/listinfo.cgi/psych3120 or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to psych3120-request@lists.csbs.utah.edu You can reach the person managing the list at psych3120-admin@lists.csbs.utah.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Psych3120 digest..." From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Fri Sep 21 21:33:38 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Danielle Cysewski) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:33:38 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Attention References: <200709211803.l8LI2YgR014700@topo.csbs.utah.edu> Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C7FC5C.66137350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In class we talked about how when confronted with emergency/potentially = dangerous stimuli, our attention automatically switches over to perceive = it. I experienced this the other day while driving - I was listening to = a morning radio talk show when a firetruck came by with its sirens = blaring. I was automatically focused on the firetruck instead of the = radio show, and after the truck had passed and traffic had resumed = movement, I realized that I had absolutely no idea what had gone on in = the talk show those few seconds when the firetruck was passing. I was a = bit surprised that I wasn't even able to pick up bits and pieces of it = since I hadn't turned my radio down. Danielle Cysewski ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C7FC5C.66137350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In class we talked about how when confronted with = emergency/potentially=20 dangerous stimuli, our attention automatically switches over to perceive = it. I=20 experienced this the other day while driving - I was listening to a = morning=20 radio talk show when a firetruck came by with its sirens blaring. I was=20 automatically focused on the firetruck instead of the radio show, and = after the=20 truck had passed and traffic had resumed movement, I realized that I had = absolutely no idea what had gone on in the talk show those few seconds = when the=20 firetruck was passing. I was a bit surprised that I wasn't even able to = pick up=20 bits and pieces of it since I hadn't turned my radio down.

Danielle Cysewski

------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C7FC5C.66137350-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sat Sep 22 15:25:45 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Dan Lauritzen) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:25:45 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] dual focus Message-ID: ------=_Part_43284_17918118.1190471145323 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline While driving after work I was listening to the radio in my car and the car next to me had something completely different playing. While I could recognize certain aspects of the music in the other car, nothing more was very clear. Almost subconsciously I know what it was and switched my attention to tell for sure. At that moment I could detect the loss of comprehension of the music I was listening to. Not that any of this is amazing, it was just fun to really take a look at something we do probably everyday, but never really think about it. Divided attention is important and it is an amazing skill. Recently I have been reviewing studies which discuss the use of cell phones while driving. It is fascinating how the use of a cell phone can impair ability far more than conversing with a passanger. One study suggested that when we talk with others near by they give us nonverbal cues for the conversation. However while using a cell phone we have to make up for the cues that are missing, and thus focus more attention and energy to the cell phone conversation. Interesting... Dan Lauritzen ------=_Part_43284_17918118.1190471145323 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

While driving after work I was listening to the radio in my car and the car next to me had something completely different playing. While I could recognize certain aspects of the music in the other car, nothing more was very clear. Almost subconsciously I know what it was and switched my attention to tell for sure. At that moment I could detect the loss of comprehension of the music I was listening to. Not that any of this is amazing, it was just fun to really take a look at something we do probably everyday, but never really think about it.

Divided attention is important and it is an amazing skill. Recently I have been reviewing studies which discuss the use of cell phones while driving. It is fascinating how the use of a cell phone can impair ability far more than conversing with a passanger. One study suggested that when we talk with others near by they give us nonverbal cues for the conversation. However while using a cell phone we have to make up for the cues that are missing, and thus focus more attention and energy to the cell phone conversation. Interesting...

Dan Lauritzen

------=_Part_43284_17918118.1190471145323-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sat Sep 22 17:11:18 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Yoshida Taihei) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:11:18 +0900 Subject: [Psych3120] conversation video Message-ID: --_f18656eb-e6c3-41c8-8bfc-e9de90aa6f4f_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I know someone wondered about this video, if there are no sound, can we notice the change? Since I'm not native I couldn't understand their conversation about 40%.... However, I could find only a few. therefore, I guess the conversation is not the only the factor we couldn't find the change. However, I know the truth if we are talking on the cell phone when we are driving, our attention decreases. Also, the eye movement to see the everything decreases, too. So, If we talk with someone, we might loss to find the change. _________________________________________________________________ $B%"%k%U%!%m%a%*%9%Q%$%@!<(B2.2$B$,Ev$?$k(BHotmail$B%f!<%6!<8BDj$N%-%c%s%Z!<%s

I know someone wondered about this video, if there are no sound, can we notice the change?
Since I'm not native I couldn't understand their conversation about 40%.... However, I could find only a few. therefore, I guess the conversation is not the only the factor we couldn't find the change.

However, I know the truth if we are talking on the cell phone when we are driving, our attention decreases. Also, the eye movement to see the everything decreases, too. So, If we talk with someone, we might loss to find the change.

$B%"%k%U%!%m%a%*%9%Q%$%@!<(B2.2$B$,Ev$?$k(BHotmail$B%f!<%6!<8BDj$N%-%c%s%Z!<%shttps://campaign.live.jp/hotmail/ --_f18656eb-e6c3-41c8-8bfc-e9de90aa6f4f_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sat Sep 22 23:52:04 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (erica smith) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:52:04 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] (no subject) Message-ID: --_de676d2b-72e3-4f1d-9827-d8187c1b2a83_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reading comments on selective attention makes me wonder how connected it is= to classical conditioning. If anyone has seen the office where Jim will s= hut his computer off so it will make the "shutting off" noise, and then off= er Dwight an altoid. After a while, Dwight would automatically stick his ha= nd out for an altoid when he heard the sound without consciously thinking a= bout his actions. So even though we selectively pay attention to specific = things, our mind are conditioned to respond to other outside stimuli, like = when we hear our name. It just makes me wonder exactly how much we let slip= through without being aware of it and how it could affect our actions. erica smith _________________________________________________________________ Gear up for Halo=AE 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. It=92s ou= r way of saying thanks for using Windows Live=99. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=3DSeptemberWLHalo3_WLHMTxt_2= --_de676d2b-72e3-4f1d-9827-d8187c1b2a83_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reading comments on selective attention makes me wonder how connected it is= to classical conditioning. If anyone has seen the office where Jim w= ill shut his computer off so it will make the "shutting off" noise, and the= n offer Dwight an altoid. After a while, Dwight would automatically stick h= is hand out for an altoid when he heard the sound without consciously think= ing about his actions. So even though we selectively pay attention to= specific things, our mind are conditioned to respond to other outside stim= uli, like when we hear our name. It just makes me wonder exactly how much w= e let slip through without being aware of it and how it could affect our ac= tions.

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Gear up for Halo=AE 3 and get a $2= 5 Best Buy gift card. It=92s our way of saying thanks for using Windows Liv= e=99. Get it now! = --_de676d2b-72e3-4f1d-9827-d8187c1b2a83_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sun Sep 23 00:42:42 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Megan Gertsch) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:42:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Psych3120] selective attention Message-ID: <384977.46989.qm@web56110.mail.re3.yahoo.com> --0-500210245-1190504562=:46989 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Of all the topics we've discussed in this class thus far, selective attention is the most interesting to me. I've been thinking a lot about the cell phone use while driving studies. This morning I was driving down I-15 and it seemed like half of the people on the road were on the phone. Who knows how focused on the road any of them really were, but most seemed to be driving just fine. However, there was one lady that didn't seem to be paying much attention to her driving. She kept slowing down to about 50 mph. When I would pass her she'd speed back up and pass me going at least 80 mph and then gradually slow down again. So, anyway I was thinking that some people are obviously better at driving while talking on the phone than others, but why? Are they just better multi-taskers in general? Are they more experienced drivers? Maybe it has something to do with the type of conversations they are having or who they are talking to? I also wonder if there is any correlation between better and worse cell phone driving and the number of previous car accidents and traffic tickets, I would assume so. I'm not questioning whether talking on the phone while driving can be distracting or whether it is dangerous in general. I'm just generally interested in individual differences. So, if there are significant differences between different individuals ability to perform this type of multi-tasking, what exactly are they and what causes them? Megan Gertsch --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. --0-500210245-1190504562=:46989 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Of all the topics we've discussed in this class thus far, selective attention is the most interesting to me. I've been thinking a lot about the cell phone use while driving studies. This morning I was driving down I-15 and it seemed like half of the people on the road were on the phone. Who knows how focused on the road any of them really were, but most seemed to be driving just fine. However, there was one lady that didn't seem to be paying much attention to her driving. She kept slowing down to about 50 mph. When I would pass her she'd speed back up and pass me going at least 80 mph and then gradually slow down again. So, anyway I was thinking that some people are obviously better at driving while talking on the phone than others, but why? Are they just better multi-taskers in general? Are they more experienced drivers? Maybe it has something to do with the type of conversations they are having or who they are talking to? I also wonder if there is any correlation between better and worse cell phone driving and the number of previous car accidents and traffic tickets, I would assume so. I'm not questioning whether talking on the phone while driving can be distracting or whether it is dangerous in general. I'm just generally interested in individual differences. So, if there are significant differences between different individuals ability to perform this type of multi-tasking, what exactly are they and what causes them?

Megan Gertsch

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Doing the Stroop test on Monday made me realize how ingrained our minds are with with our language. We could easily tell the colors when they were just 'x's appearing. It was even easier to recognoize the color when the name of the color appeared in that color. Example the word "Blue" in blue ink. But in the third trial when words appear in a different color then what the color was, our brains went crazy! We were use to colors appering with the same ink as the word, that we were reading the words instead of looking at the color of the ink. If those words were in German we could have done a better job naming the colors because the words had no meanings to us. I just love that example because I can never do it right on the thrid trail.

-Kandis Beverley

From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sun Sep 23 02:01:54 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Andrea Stark) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:01:54 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] (no subject) Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FD7D.55253D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I also have been thinking quite a bit about the idea of selective = attention. I have found myself many times doing things that are routine = without ever really noticing I'm doing them because I'm paying attention = to something else. The scary thing to admit is that this even happens = sometimes when I am driving. I work as a dance teacher and have driven = the same route to work for 10 years so I know it pretty well. While I am = on my way there, I often listen to the music I will be using in class = and think about what I plan to teach. This is where my attention goes = sometimes and I find that I have driven all the way to work without = really noticing how I got there. And then I realize I should have been = paying more attention to my driving. Especially in light of what we've = learned about selective attention and how concentrating on one task can = lead you to completely miss seeing something that is right in front of = you, like a gorilla or perhaps a car on the road..... ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FD7D.55253D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A=

I also have been = thinking quite a bit about the idea of selective attention. I have found = myself many times doing things that are routine without ever really = noticing I'm doing them because I'm paying attention to something else. = The scary thing to admit is that this even happens sometimes when I am = driving. I work as a dance teacher and have driven the same route to = work for 10 years so I know it pretty well. While I am on my way there, = I often listen to the music I will be using in class and think about = what I plan to teach. This is where my attention goes sometimes and I = find that I have driven all the way to work without really noticing how = I got there. And then I realize I should have been paying more attention = to my driving. Especially in light of what we've learned about selective = attention and how concentrating on one task can lead you to completely = miss seeing something that is right in front of you, like a gorilla or = perhaps a car on the road.....

------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FD7D.55253D20-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sun Sep 23 08:50:03 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (horii chieko) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:50:03 +0900 Subject: [Psych3120] selective attention Message-ID: --_09f723c2-009c-4ba1-ae3f-4dcbd3ae4bfb_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Since we learned our selctive mechanism which is based on priority we decide at the time we perceive something, I feel I sometimes had such situation as same as others for car. While I was driving a car, attention deficit often occured when I was absorbed in talking with friends or changing CD from its case then I finally found I was so close to car on the next line and avoided it. Even though I got to used to drive as it was like one of the automatic actions in life, I somehow was out of the truck as a result of focusing on a point and inattention of others. Speaking of attention, when I heard the Triesman's Attenuation Theory, I though of some of my personal examples. Whennever I eat out at a restaurant or cafe, I usuallly tend to listen chat of others sitting near my table so that I have some point I do not listen well but I still can recognize what people in my group is talking about briefly. It seems it is just the difference of level of perception as it was noted on the lecture. At the time we watched some video clip as an examples of Simon's Demonstration, I had hard time of finding what was changed in a scene in passing a basketball with a gollila and changing scenes. After I figured them out that it is better not to focus on one point but keeping a good watch over the whole scene, it was easy to catch the change so that I felt how easily we missed and get information at the same time. $BLrN)$D%^%C%W$,B3!9EP>l!*3$$,8+$($k%l%9%H%i%s!"L~$7$N%Q%o!<%9%]%C%H!"%O%o%$B>(B http://chizumaga.jp/ _________________________________________________________________ $BFf$NET;TEA@b$rDI$(!*%[%i!<%`!<%S!

Since we learned our selctive mechanism which is based on priority we decide at the time we perceive something, I feel I sometimes had such situation as same as others for car. While I was driving a car, attention deficit often occured when I was absorbed in talking with friends or changing CD from its case then I finally found I was so close to car on the next line and avoided it. Even though I got to used to drive as it was like one of the automatic actions in life, I somehow was out of the truck as a result of focusing on a point and inattention of others.
Speaking of attention, when I heard the Triesman's Attenuation Theory, I though of some of my personal examples. Whennever I eat out at a restaurant or cafe, I usuallly tend to listen chat of others sitting near my table so that I have some point I do not listen well but I still can recognize what people in my group is talking about briefly. It seems it is just the difference of level of perception as it was noted on the lecture.
At the time we watched some video clip as an examples of Simon's Demonstration, I had hard time of finding what was changed in a scene in passing a basketball with a gollila and changing scenes. After I figured them out that it is better not to focus on one point but keeping a good watch over the whole scene, it was easy to catch the change so that I felt how easily we missed and get information at the same time.

$BLrN)$D%^%C%W$,B3!9EP>l!*3$$,8+$($k%l%9%H%i%s!"L~$7$N%Q%o!<%9%]%C%H!"%O%o%$B>(B http://chizumaga.jp/

$BFf$NET;TEA@b$rDI$(!*%[%i!<%`!<%S!http://campaign.live.jp/hotmail_densen-uta/ --_09f723c2-009c-4ba1-ae3f-4dcbd3ae4bfb_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sun Sep 23 22:32:34 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (JAMES C HINCKLE) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:32:34 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Broadbent's Filter Theory Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C7FDF6.F67CBAA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In last Monday's lecture, we discussed Broadbent's Filter Theory which = says that everything is filtered out of unattended messages except gross = physical features like the sound of a male or female voice. That can be = distinguished. Further studies showed that some semantic (language) = information is processed by the brain. For instance, when we hear our = own name being spoken in a conversation or over a loud speaker, it will = catch our attention and we will be able to hear our name being spoken. = When this was being discussed in class, I was got concerned because I = have a difficult time responding when my name is being broadcast over a = PA system, etc. There have been several instances where I have been in = a public place (e.g. airport, department store, sporting event), my name = has been spoken and I've totally missed it. Luckily, my husband and/or = my kids have been with me and THEY were able to hear it and alert me. = It always bothered me that I wasn't able to pick up on that. However, = while reading Chapter 4 in our textbook, I realized that our unattended = stimuli is being processed to some degree, but it also makes a = difference how LOUD the unattended message is that will make us divert = our attention to the source. Maybe I didn't hear my name being spoken = over a PA system because there was no emphasis on it or it wasn't spoken = loud enough to catch my attention. The textbook says that if your name = is simply spoken, you might not hear it because it doesn't 'stand out' = from what else is being said. So for me, maybe it's not that I'm not = paying attention, but instead, I am so focused on the task at hand = visually that I am filtering out and ignoring the auditory cues. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C7FDF6.F67CBAA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In last Monday's lecture, we discussed Broadbent's Filter Theory = which says=20 that everything is filtered out of unattended messages except gross = physical=20 features like the sound of a male or female voice. That can be=20 distinguished. Further studies showed that some semantic = (language)=20 information is processed by the brain. For instance, when we = hear our=20 own name being spoken in a conversation or over a loud speaker, it = will=20 catch our attention and we will be able to hear our name being=20 spoken. When this was being discussed in class, I = was got=20 concerned because I have a difficult time responding when my name is = being=20 broadcast over a PA system, etc. There have been several=20 instances where I have been in a public place (e.g. airport, = department=20 store, sporting event), my name has been spoken and I've totally missed=20 it. Luckily, my husband and/or my kids have been with me = and THEY=20 were able to hear it and alert me. It always bothered me = that I=20 wasn't able to pick up on that. However, while reading = Chapter 4=20 in our textbook, I realized that our unattended stimuli is being=20 processed to some degree, but it also makes a difference how LOUD = the=20 unattended message is that will make us divert our attention = to the=20 source. Maybe I didn't hear my name being spoken over a PA = system=20 because there was no emphasis on it or it wasn't spoken loud enough to = catch my=20 attention. The textbook says that if your name is simply spoken, = you might=20 not hear it because it doesn't 'stand out' from what else is being=20 said. So for me, maybe it's not that I'm not paying attention, but = instead, I am so focused on the task at hand visually that I=20 am filtering out and ignoring the auditory=20 cues.

------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C7FDF6.F67CBAA0-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sun Sep 23 22:35:21 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Spencer Weston) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:35:21 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Night Vision Cont. References: <200709191931.l8JJVKUb017801@topo.csbs.utah.edu> <51A7FD635262AB41A83F05F6B2AEA7B511E2A6@LP-EXCHVS03.CO.IHC.COM> Message-ID: <51A7FD635262AB41A83F05F6B2AEA7B511E2AB@LP-EXCHVS03.CO.IHC.COM> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FE29.B53735A8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 It was interesting to learn about the overlap of red/green cones but the = difference in blue cones. Adding to this knowledge is the uniqueness of = sensitivity to light by rods and cones. I can't help but think of the = thought put into developing night vision systems for the military and = how most night vision goggles run with light enhancement that is = projected to the user in the green spectrum. By chance? I think not. = Most likely it is done so that if the goggles had to be removed, the = rods would be able to immediately perform in the low light condition. = Very impressive and good to know that they are on "our side". Semper = Fi! ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FE29.B53735A8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Night Vision Cont.

It was interesting to learn about the overlap of red/green cones but the = difference in blue cones. Adding to this knowledge is the = uniqueness of sensitivity to light by rods and cones. I = can't help but think of the thought put into developing night vision = systems for the military and how most night vision goggles run with = light enhancement that is projected to the user in the green = spectrum. By chance? I think not. Most likely it is = done so that if the goggles had to be removed, the rods would be able to = immediately perform in the low light condition. Very impressive = and good to know that they are on "our side". Semper = Fi!

------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FE29.B53735A8-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sun Sep 23 22:36:31 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Spencer Weston) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:36:31 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Early development Message-ID: <51A7FD635262AB41A83F05F6B2AEA7B511E2AC@LP-EXCHVS03.CO.IHC.COM> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FE29.CE9343B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I recently watched a documentary on the National Geographic Channel = debating Nature vs. Nuture. In the discussion was a case study of a = girl who grew to two years in a home where her parents never talked to = her. The outcome of such action resulted in the inability of the girl = to speak despite numerous attempts to educate her. From such a study it = was determined that during child development, critical connections are = made in the brain while others are disconnected. This seemed to show = that young brains are both extremely vulnerable as well as malleable in = such a way that the old phrase =93use it or loose it=94 may be true! DO = you think it is nature, nurture, or specific combinations of both? ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FE29.CE9343B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Early development

I recently watched a documentary on the National = Geographic Channel debating Nature vs. Nuture. In the discussion = was a case study of a girl who grew to two years in a home where her = parents never talked to her. The outcome of such action resulted = in the inability of the girl to speak despite numerous attempts to = educate her. From such a study it was determined that during child = development, critical connections are made in the brain while others are = disconnected. This seemed to show that young brains are both = extremely vulnerable as well as malleable in such a way that the old = phrase “use it or loose it” may be true! DO you think it = is nature, nurture, or specific combinations of both?

------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FE29.CE9343B0-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 06:55:37 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:55:37 -0400 Subject: [Psych3120] Judd Tingey - RE: Early development Message-ID: <8C9CC86AA347506-B7C-7524@FWM-D01.sysops.aol.com> ----------MB_8C9CC86AA347506_B7C_EC18_FWM-D01.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I think in the case study of the girl that you mentioned, most of her problems with the inability to learn stem from the 'nature' aspect.? I didn't see the documentary, but you mentioned something about the brain either making connections or losing them, thus it appears as though her brain formed and finalized in the state that she was left in.? I would also be curious to know if the girl was incapable of learning language at all.? She may have been mute, but did she eventually develop the ability to understand language?? On the 'nurture' side of the coin, I don't understand why her parents would not talk to her.? It sounds like she was most likely abused for some reason or another, so there may be other factors that would cause her developmnetal problems.?I am reminded of Harlow's research with the rhesis monkeys.? When they had no love or connection with a mother for the first six months of life, they were incapable of?learning it later in life.? It seems as though the brain is malleable, but it's like wet cement; you can move it, shape it, form it however you want, but once it settles, that is how it will stay. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ----------MB_8C9CC86AA347506_B7C_EC18_FWM-D01.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I think in the case study of the girl that you mentioned, most of her problems with the inability to learn stem from the 'nature' aspect. I didn't see the documentary, but you mentioned something about the brain either making connections or losing them, thus it appears as though her brain formed and finalized in the state that she was left in. I would also be curious to know if the girl was incapable of learning language at all. She may have been mute, but did she eventually develop the ability to understand language? On the 'nurture' side of the coin, I don't understand why her parents would not talk to her. It sounds like she was most likely abused for some reason or another, so there may be other factors that would cause her developmnetal problems. I am reminded of Harlow's research with the rhesis monkeys. When they had no love or connection with a mother for the first six months of life, they were incapable of learning it later in life. It seems as though the brain is malleable, but it's like wet cement; you can move it, shape it, form it however you want, but once it settles, that is how it will stay.

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----------MB_8C9CC86AA347506_B7C_EC18_FWM-D01.sysops.aol.com-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 17:51:06 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Todd Aylesworth) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:51:06 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] selective attention Message-ID: ------=_Part_16066_2613210.1190652666624 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline this might be a little too much information but here goes. my brother Troy has a bad case of selective attention. whenever we are having a conversation in a public place his eyes wander off and forgets that he is in a conversation. whatever in his eyes sight is moving the most, that is where his mind goes to. if he was in a our class looking at the chimney picture, he would have pick up on it disappearing every time. hes does pay attention when there are few distractions around him. I think paying attention to your surrounding's is a good thing. but when you can't turn your attention to one thing it is difficult to communicate. ------=_Part_16066_2613210.1190652666624 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline this might be a little too much information but here goes. my brother Troy has a bad case of selective attention. whenever we are having a conversation in a public place his eyes wander off and forgets that he is in a conversation. whatever in his eyes sight is moving the most, that is where his mind goes to. if he was in a our class looking at the chimney picture, he would have pick up on it disappearing every time. hes does pay attention when there are few distractions around him. I think paying attention to your surrounding's is a good thing. but when you can't turn your attention to one thing it is difficult to communicate.
------=_Part_16066_2613210.1190652666624-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 17:57:33 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Todd Aylesworth) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:57:33 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] stroop tasks Message-ID: ------=_Part_16110_25954604.1190653053757 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I was recently apart of a study that had stroop task involved in it. it was very similar to what we did in class. except the task i did in the study was a lot more involved. i had to connect numbers together and letters, like 1,2,3,4,5 then a,b,c,d,e. then I had to connect them alternating numbers and letters like 1,a,2,b,3,c,4,d etc. I was timed as well. then the color of a word and the word itself being a color. again as fast as i could and with accuracy . it was hard thatn I thought. when I saw it in class I felt ;like i was better than I was in the study at figuring out which to say, the color or then name of the color. ------=_Part_16110_25954604.1190653053757 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I was recently apart of a study that had stroop task involved in it. it was very similar to what we did in class. except the task i did in the study was a lot more involved. i had to connect numbers together and letters, like 1,2,3,4,5 then a,b,c,d,e. then I had to connect them alternating numbers and letters like 1,a,2,b,3,c,4,d etc. I was timed as well. then the color of a word and the word itself being a color. again as fast as i could and with accuracy . it was hard thatn I thought. when I saw it in class I felt ;like i was better than I was in the study at figuring out which to say, the color or then name of the color.
------=_Part_16110_25954604.1190653053757-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 18:05:43 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:05:43 -0400 Subject: [Psych3120] heidi williams: selective attention Message-ID: <8C9CCE446EFFC86-AD8-3DF8@webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com> ----------MB_8C9CCE446EFFC86_AD8_7D6B_webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" My brother is the master of selective attention.? Someone can be talking to him and if he isn't interested what they're saying, then he can completely "zone out" and he won't be able to recall what was said at all.? He gets a glazed look on his face and starts think about cars.? I on the other hand can't do that at all.?? It? would come in? handy? in a boring class or if some annoying person was trying to irritate me.? But alas, I don't have to ability to do that.? So, to explain this in a way that will actually earn me points... In broadbent's filter theory my brother's? attentional filter is so efficient that none of the perceptual channels seem to get through and therefore the only thing that goes to his central processing channel is? cars because that is what is brain deemed important.? I don't think that he picks up anything important inadvertently in the unattended message(entire lecture) like in the dichotic listening study because his brain didn't pick up anything relevant.?? Now I call that talent. (not that I would ever do that myself. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ----------MB_8C9CCE446EFFC86_AD8_7D6B_webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" My brother is the master of selective attention. Someone can be talking to him and if he isn't interested what they're saying, then he can completely "zone out" and he won't be able to recall what was said at all. He gets a glazed look on his face and starts think about cars. I on the other hand can't do that at all. It would come in handy in a boring class or if some annoying person was trying to irritate me. But alas, I don't have to ability to do that. So, to explain this in a way that will actually earn me points... In broadbent's filter theory my brother's attentional filter is so efficient that none of the perceptual channels seem to get through and therefore the only thing that goes to his central processing channel is cars because that is what is brain deemed important. I don't think that he picks up anything important inadvertently in the unattended message(entire lecture) like in the dichotic listening study because his brain didn't pick up anything relevant. Now I call that talent. (not that I would ever do that myself.

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----------MB_8C9CCE446EFFC86_AD8_7D6B_webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 18:24:51 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:24:51 -0400 Subject: [Psych3120] heidi williams: dreams Message-ID: <8C9CCE6F352DBE2-AD8-3F6D@webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com> ----------MB_8C9CCE6F352DBE2_AD8_8070_webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm responding to alyssa's post in the last part where she discussed dreams.? I've had the same experience.? One time I was watching a show.? Nothing particularly emotion provoking happened.? That night I had a nightmare about the what happened in the show and it was really scary.? I didn't even think about the show for the rest of the day and wasn't thinking about it when I went to bed but obviously some part of my brain deemed it relevant? in some way.? Relevant enough to conjure up a dream for me to toss and turn over.?? So, even though I don't? find something relevant when I'm actively thinking about something my subconscious? has a different set of criteria for relevance. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ----------MB_8C9CCE6F352DBE2_AD8_8070_webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I'm responding to alyssa's post in the last part where she discussed dreams. I've had the same experience. One time I was watching a show. Nothing particularly emotion provoking happened. That night I had a nightmare about the what happened in the show and it was really scary. I didn't even think about the show for the rest of the day and wasn't thinking about it when I went to bed but obviously some part of my brain deemed it relevant in some way. Relevant enough to conjure up a dream for me to toss and turn over. So, even though I don't find something relevant when I'm actively thinking about something my subconscious has a different set of criteria for relevance.

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----------MB_8C9CCE6F352DBE2_AD8_8070_webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 18:37:26 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Spencer Weston) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:37:26 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Night Vision cont. Message-ID: <51A7FD635262AB41A83F05F6B2AEA7B511E2AE@LP-EXCHVS03.CO.IHC.COM> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FED1.C0A33810 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It was interesting to learn about the overlap of red/green cones but the = difference in blue cones. Adding to this knowledge is the uniqueness of = sensitivity to light by rods and cones. I can't help but think of the = thought put into developing night vision systems for the military and = how most night vision goggles run with light enhancement that is = projected to the user in the green spectrum. By chance? I think not. = Most likely it is done so that if the goggles had to be removed, the = rods would be able to immediately perform in the low light condition. = Very impressive and good to know that they are on "our side". Semper = Fi! ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FED1.C0A33810 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Night Vision cont.

It was interesting to learn about the overlap of = red/green cones but the difference in blue cones. Adding to this = knowledge is the uniqueness of sensitivity to light by rods and = cones. I can't help but think of the thought put into = developing night vision systems for the military and how most night = vision goggles run with light enhancement that is projected to the user = in the green spectrum. By chance? I think not. Most = likely it is done so that if the goggles had to be removed, the rods = would be able to immediately perform in the low light condition. = Very impressive and good to know that they are on "our = side". Semper Fi!

------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FED1.C0A33810-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 19:08:16 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Amanda Lindsey) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:08:16 -0700 Subject: [Psych3120] RE: Psych3120 digest, Vol 1 #1047 - 7 msgs In-Reply-To: <200709211803.l8LI2YgR014700@topo.csbs.utah.edu> References: <200709211803.l8LI2YgR014700@topo.csbs.utah.edu> Message-ID: --_de2d2e0e-9a3b-4740-9238-2518ab900217_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In response to last Monday's lecture, I was so incredibly shocked when we w= ere watching the different video clips. Just like a lot of people, I was = completely oblivious to the different changes or interruptions. Many peopl= e in class had already seen the video clip with the gorilla walking through= the basketball tossing, but i hadn't. When I was told to watch it again, = and saw how completely obvious it was that he walked through the middle of = the game, i felt so ridiculous. It was almost embarrassing because of how = obvious it was. Also, when we saw the clip about the items on the table c= hanging from scene to scene, I did not notice one change through the entire= clip. Examples like these two, and I'm sure there are many others, caused= me to think about how many things in life i probably miss out on. Perhaps= it might be a good thing at times, but it completely amazes me to think ab= out Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:02:34 -0600 From: psych3120-request@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: Psych3120 digest, Vol 1 #1047 - 7 msgs To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Send Psych3120 mailing list submissions to psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu =20 To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/listinfo.cgi/psych3120 or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to psych3120-request@lists.csbs.utah.edu =20 You can reach the person managing the list at psych3120-admin@lists.csbs.utah.edu =20 When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Psych3120 digest..." =20 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: meg_meg84@msn.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:09:28 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] STUDY GROUP??? I know there is a review prior to the test coming up, but I would like to=20 put together a small study group as well to go over the study guide and hel= p=20 eachother with questions before the review. I'm thinking either Monday the= =20 24th or Wednesday the 26th around 7 or 8 pm, or on Sunday the 30th some tim= e=20 in the evening. Is anyone interested in this? If so, what times are best?=20 Feel free to suggest other times also!Thanks! =20 Megan =20 =20 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25:56 -0700 From: erinlrutledge@yahoo.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: [Psych3120] Thank you. Thank you Megan for giving me the update of what took place on Monday. I h= ave experienced the Stroop test before so I knew what you were talking abou= t. Your email was very helpful. =20 Got a little couch potato?=20 Check out fun summer activities for kids.--Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:21:35 -0700 From: erinlrutledge@yahoo.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: [Psych3120] Incredible I know that we have moved off the topic of color blindness but I was at the= hair salon yesterday and a woman there had asked the owner who an artist w= as of some paintings that were hanging on the wall. These modern paintings= are incredible with deep, rich, bold colors that seem so live that at any = moment the butterfly is going to flutter his wings and fly off into the sky= . The owner said that they were the work of a local artist (I apologize bu= t, I cannot remember his name) who is actually monochromatic and completely= color blind. He is able to paint the correct colors of things because hi= s wife has vividly described to him what the color looks like so explicitly= that he his able to imagine what the color would look like in his mind and= then he paints his paintings. Of course, he has to read the paint jar every time he dips the= paint brush in to make sure that he is using the right paint color. But a= nyway, I was amazed with these incredible paintings and was very impressed = with his ability to express color so vividly when the world that he sees is= completely black and white. =20 Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone = who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.=20 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: o.sunset@hotmail.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:11:58 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Lecture on Monday I really enjoyed the lecture on Monday and thought it was really interestin= g how these things that we are learning are so real when put into our own p= erspective. When watching the videos, It made me wonder if I have ever had= a moment like the professor did, where I was completely oblivious to what = was going on and just focused in on what I wanted to focus in on. It also = made me wonder if film makers ever put in silly things in movies to see if = people catch the "switches" that have been made. IE: hair, clothes, placing= of objects, etc. I know I have seen movies where when they switch scenes,= something is different and I would not have noticed it unless someone wer= e to bring it to my attention. I would not have noticed the difference unless, like they were in class, be= en brought to my attention. It is so funny how the human mind works and how= little things can even trick the brain. When the video was shown with the gorilla, i could not believe it because I= had never seen it before and i was completely paying attention to the whit= e team and blocking out anything that was black, so when i saw it the secon= d time around, i was appauled that my eyes and mind would not have caught t= hat silly display!=20 Melissa Davenport o.sunset@hotmail.com =20 More photos; more messages; more whatever =96 Get MORE with Windows Live=99= Hotmail=AE. NOW with 5GB storage. Get more! --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:08:29 -0700 From: joeboyer31@yahoo.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: [Psych3120] week 5 I just had another question about Monday's lecture. We watched that movie "= The Conversation" where two women are talking about a surprise party (horri= ble acting). As the camera angles changed props in the movie would also cha= nge drastically. if that movie had been on mute would we have noticed the= subtle changes more easily? =20 Luggage? GPS? Comic books?=20 Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.--Forwarded Message Att= achment-- From: meg_meg84@msn.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: RE: [Psych3120] Thank you. Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:17:38 -0600 glad to help! =20 =20 >From: Erin Rutledge >Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >Subject: [Psych3120] Thank you. >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25:56 -0700 (PDT) > >Thank you Megan for giving me the update of what took place on Monday. I= =20 >have experienced the Stroop test before so I knew what you were talking=20 >about. Your email was very helpful. > > > > > =20 >__________________________________________________________________________= __________ >Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get=20 >listings, and more! >http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 =20 =20 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:02:49 -0700 From: jksmith742003@yahoo.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: [Psych3120] Talking on cell phones while driving! It seems that every other person on the road is talking on the cell phone w= hile driving. While I am not a person who gets easily irritated, I do get a= nnoyed with drivers on their phones when they are so wrapped up in conversa= tion that they sit thru green trffic lights. (which happened two days ago).= While I am one of those busy body people who likes to multi-task, over a y= ear ago, I finally broke myself of the habit of talking on my cell phone wh= ile driving. I guess for most people driving has become so automatic that = they think that there should be attention to spare while driving to talk on= phone. Is the expertise of the driver a factor will cell phone related tra= ffic accidents? Is using cell phones while driving is a greater risk for le= ss experienced drivers? Perhaps, because they are more likely to glance awa= y from the road (usually to dial) for long periods of time and at risky mome= nts when attention to the road is crucial. There is no doubt that when talk= ing on your cell phone, you are more apt to miss traffic signals and are mu= ch slower to react, even using a hands-free phone. Perhaps it is because yo= u are imaging a context (with the person on the other end of the line) othe= r than the context in which you are driving in? =20 Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone = who knows. Yahoo! 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In response to last Monday's lecture, I was so incredibly shocked when = we were watching the different video clips. Just like a lot of people= , I was completely oblivious to the different changes or interruption= s. Many people in class had already seen the video clip with the gori= lla walking through the basketball tossing, but i hadn't. When I was = told to watch it again, and saw how completely obvious it was that he walke= d through the middle of the game, i felt so ridiculous. It was almost= embarrassing because of how obvious it was. Also, when we saw the c= lip about the items on the table changing from scene to scene, I did not no= tice one change through the entire clip. Examples like these two, and= I'm sure there are many others, caused me to think about how many things i= n life i probably miss out on. Perhaps it might be a good thing at ti= mes, but it completely amazes me to think about

Date: Fri, 2= 1 Sep 2007 12:02:34 -0600
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To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.eduDate: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:09:28 -0600
Subject: [Psych3120] STUDY GROUP= ???

I know there is a review prior to the test coming up, but I= would like to
put together a small study group as well to go over the = study guide and help
eachother with questions before the review. I'm th= inking either Monday the
24th or Wednesday the 26th around 7 or 8 pm, o= r on Sunday the 30th some time
in the evening. Is anyone interested in = this? If so, what times are best?
Feel free to suggest other times also= !Thanks!

Megan

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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25:56 -0700
From: = erinlrutledge@yahoo.com
To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
Subject: [P= sych3120] Thank you.

Thank you Megan for giving me the = update of what took place on Monday. I have experienced the Stroop te= st before so I knew what you were talking about. Your email was very = helpful.

Got a little couch potato?
Check out fun summer activities for kids.
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:21:35 -0700
From: erin= lrutledge@yahoo.com
To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
Subject: [Psych= 3120] Incredible

I know that we have moved off the topi= c of color blindness but I was at the hair salon yesterday and a woman ther= e had asked the owner who an artist was of some paintings that were hanging= on the wall. These modern paintings are incredible with deep, rich, = bold colors that seem so live that at any moment the butterfly is going to = flutter his wings and fly off into the sky. The owner said that they = were the work of a local artist (I apologize but, I cannot remember his nam= e) who is actually monochromatic and completely color blind. He is ab= le to paint the correct colors of things because his wife has vividly= described to him what the color looks like so explicitly that he his able = to imagine what the color would look like in his mind and then he paints hi= s
paintings. Of course, he has to read the paint jar every time h= e dips the paint brush in to make sure that he is using the right paint col= or. But anyway, I was amazed with these incredible paintings and was = very impressed with his ability to express color so vividly when the world = that he sees is completely black and white.

Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationshi= p answers from someone who knows.
Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.=20
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From: o.sunset= @hotmail.com
To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007= 16:11:58 -0600
Subject: [Psych3120] Lecture on Monday

I really enjoyed the lecture on Monday and thought it was really = interesting how these things that we are learning are so real when put into= our own perspective. When watching the videos, It made me wonder if = I have ever had a moment like the professor did, where I was completely obl= ivious to what was going on and just focused in on what I wanted to focus i= n on. It also made me wonder if film makers ever put in silly things = in movies to see if people catch the "switches" that have been made. IE: ha= ir, clothes, placing of objects, etc. I know I have seen movies = where when they switch scenes, something is different and I would not= have noticed it unless someone were to bring it to my attention.

I = would not have noticed the difference unless, like they were in class, been= brought to my attention. It is so funny how the human mind works and how l= ittle things can even trick the brain.

When the video was shown with= the gorilla, i could not believe it because I had never seen it before and= i was completely paying attention to the white team and blocking out anyth= ing that was black, so when i saw it the second time around, i was appauled= that my eyes and mind would not have caught that silly display!

Me= lissa Davenport

o.sunset@hot= mail.com

More photos; more messages; more what= ever =96 Get MORE with Windows Live=99 Hotmail=AE. NOW with 5GB storage. Get more!
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2= 007 16:08:29 -0700
From: joeboyer31@yahoo.com
To: psych3120@lists.csb= s.utah.edu
Subject: [Psych3120] week 5

I just had another qu= estion about Monday's lecture. We watched that movie "The Conversation" whe= re two women are talking about a surprise party (horrible acting). As the c= amera angles changed props in the movie would also change drastically.
if that movie had been on mute would we have noticed the subtle ch= anges more easily?

Luggage? GPS? Comic = books?

Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.
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From: meg_meg84@msn.com
To: psyc= h3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
Subject: RE: [Psych3120] Thank you.
Date: F= ri, 21 Sep 2007 09:17:38 -0600

glad to help!

>F= rom: Erin Rutledge <erinlrutledge@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: psych31= 20@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
>Subj= ect: [Psych3120] Thank you.
>Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:25:56 -0700 (P= DT)
>
>Thank you Megan for giving me the update of what took pl= ace on Monday. I
>have experienced the Stroop test before so I knew= what you were talking
>about. Your email was very helpful.
>=
>
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>
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>____________________________= ________________________________________________________
>Catch up on= fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get
>listings, a= nd more!
>http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658

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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 200= 7 09:02:49 -0700
From: jksmith742003@yahoo.com
To: psych3120@lists.cs= bs.utah.edu
Subject: [Psych3120] Talking on cell phones while driving!
It seems that ev= ery other person on the road is talking on the cell phone while driving. Wh= ile I am not a person who gets easily irritated, I do get annoyed with driv= ers on their phones when they are so wrapped up in conversation that they s= it thru green trffic lights. (which happened two days ago). While I am= one of those busy body people who likes to multi-task, over a year ago, I = finally broke myself of the habit of talking on my cell phone while driving= . IBe a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answe= rs from someone who knows.
Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
= --_de2d2e0e-9a3b-4740-9238-2518ab900217_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 19:21:22 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Amanda Lindsey) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:21:22 -0700 Subject: [Psych3120] RE: Psych3120 digest, Vol 1 #1044 - 4 msgs In-Reply-To: <200709181817.l8IIH3Em001917@topo.csbs.utah.edu> References: <200709181817.l8IIH3Em001917@topo.csbs.utah.edu> Message-ID: --_0509df79-e2bf-4e4d-9a7e-a6c825e6de67_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I work at Challenger Elementary School and I was helping out in a Kindergar= ten class the other day. While I was in this class, We turned out the ligh= ts and told the young kids to pretend that they lived on a planet where the= sun never shined. After, we had the kids draw a picture of what they thou= ght a person who could survive on a planet without daylight would look like= . This was very interesting to me, because I interested in seeing the pict= ures that their imaginations could think of. After they were finished, we = turned the lights back on, and we had each child show their picture and exp= lain it. It amazed me to see the fact that not one single picture looked l= ike anyone else's. They were all so very different it shocked me. Their s= mall little brains were capable of thinking of details that I would have ne= ver imagined. It almost made me feel as if they were smarter than I was in= this situation. It also made me sad to think about how little of imaginat= ion I have now that I am so much older than when I was their age. =20 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:17:03 -0600 From: psych3120-request@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: Psych3120 digest, Vol 1 #1044 - 4 msgs To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Send Psych3120 mailing list submissions to psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu =20 To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/listinfo.cgi/psych3120 or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to psych3120-request@lists.csbs.utah.edu =20 You can reach the person managing the list at psych3120-admin@lists.csbs.utah.edu =20 When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Psych3120 digest..." =20 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: banzaiduck506@hotmail.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:04:35 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Stroop Tasks To David Dunn, thank you for answering my question. I can see the word perf= ectly. And to Erica Smith, yes, that is correct. Color blindness is caused = when your eyes are missing a certain type of cone. =20 While particpating in the Stroop Task in class on Monday, Sep. 12, I rememb= ered that I've seen it before in a video game. Nintendo recently released a= series of video games called Brain Age & Brain Age 2 for the DS, their lat= est handheld gaming system. The game consists of numerous math and logic ba= sed exercises which make you use the pre-frontal cortex of your brain, and = the game's creators boast that doing the exercises for a few minutes every = day will "sharpen your IQ (I'm curious as to whether or not this is a valid= claim)." One of the exercises was a Stroop Task. The game displays the nam= e of a color in a different color font on the screen (example: the word "re= d" in blue font), and you are supposed to say the color into the DS's micro= phone. The game recognizes if you gave a correct or incorrect answer, and t= hen moves on to another word/color. It's actually a lot of fun, and after p= laying my friend's copy of the game, I've really wanted to buy a DS just so= I could play it. More photos; more messages; more whatever =96 Get MORE with Windows Live=99= Hotmail=AE. NOW with 5GB storage. Get more! --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: banzaiduck506@hotmail.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:04:35 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Stroop Tasks To David Dunn, thank you for answering my question. I can see the word perf= ectly. And to Erica Smith, yes, that is correct. Color blindness is caused = when your eyes are missing a certain type of cone. =20 While particpating in the Stroop Task in class on Monday, Sep. 12, I rememb= ered that I've seen it before in a video game. Nintendo recently released a= series of video games called Brain Age & Brain Age 2 for the DS, their lat= est handheld gaming system. The game consists of numerous math and logic ba= sed exercises which make you use the pre-frontal cortex of your brain, and = the game's creators boast that doing the exercises for a few minutes every = day will "sharpen your IQ (I'm curious as to whether or not this is a valid= claim)." One of the exercises was a Stroop Task. The game displays the nam= e of a color in a different color font on the screen (example: the word "re= d" in blue font), and you are supposed to say the color into the DS's micro= phone. The game recognizes if you gave a correct or incorrect answer, and t= hen moves on to another word/color. It's actually a lot of fun, and after p= laying my friend's copy of the game, I've really wanted to buy a DS just so= I could play it. More photos; more messages; more whatever =96 Get MORE with Windows Live=99= Hotmail=AE. NOW with 5GB storage. Get more! --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:45:57 -0700 From: snortstd@yahoo.com To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: [Psych3120] Natalie Peatross I have a friend who is struggling in some of her classes. She is in an int= ense program and she thinks her studying skills are not what they should be= . So she decided to record the lectures from her classes and then listen t= o them through headphones while she sleeps at night. She thought she could= get more studying in if she listened while she slept. Now I know the brai= n is partially or parts of the brain are awake when we are sleeping but I t= hought this kind of thing would be useless. I remember seeing an infomerci= al about learning another language while sleeping. All someone had to do w= as pick a language and listen to it while they slept. My friend has just ba= rely started to try this...but I am skeptical and I think it wont work. In= the lecture today we were taught we still pick up messages we are not payi= ng attention to...so does that mean my friend will pick up the stuff she is= hearing when she is sleeping????=20 Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha!=20 Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Gam= es.--Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:10:18 -0600 From: tmblakemoreslc@earthlink.net To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Subject: [Psych3120] Unconscious Processes This relates back to a class that we had awhile ago, but I heard the other = day (I think I was listening to NPR but I'm not sure) about people who were= untrained in art trying to create a drawing of a city scape. The people, = who never learned of horizon lines and vanishing points, drew pictures of o= dd looking buildings and streets. Though the people could tell that their = picture didn't look right, they weren't sure what they had done wrong. The= se people knew of pictoral cues of depth, as they could tell something was = wrong with their drawings, but they weren't consciously aware of them, sinc= e they failed to include such cues in their drawings. Their inability to reproduce these cues highlights the existence of unconsi= ous processes in perception. It's interesting to think that we are able to= process such cues, recognize a representation lacking these cues, yet be u= naware of the cues themselves, as these people were. We are very unaware o= f the basic, everyday processes that enable us perceive and interact with t= he world. That is, unless someone enlightens us to their existence, in whi= ch case, you may see Einstein's face swirling. =20 -Thomas Blakemore =20 =20 =20 --_0509df79-e2bf-4e4d-9a7e-a6c825e6de67_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I work at Challenger Elementary School and I was helping out in a Kinde= rgarten class the other day. While I was in this class, We turned out= the lights and told the young kids to pretend that they lived on a planet = where the sun never shined. After, we had the kids draw a picture of = what they thought a person who could survive on a planet without daylight w= ould look like. This was very interesting to me, because I interested= in seeing the pictures that their imaginations could think of. After= they were finished, we turned the lights back on, and we had each child sh= ow their picture and explain it. It amazed me to see the fact that no= t one single picture looked like anyone else's. They were all so very= different it shocked me. Their small little brains were capable of t= hinking of details that I would have never imagined. It almost made m= e feel as if they were smarter than I was in this situation. It also = made me sad to think about how little of imagination I have now that I am s= o much older than when I was their age.
Date: Tue, 18= Sep 2007 12:17:03 -0600
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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:04:35 -0600
Subject: [Psych3120] Stro= op Tasks

To David Dunn, thank you for answering = my question. I can see the word perfectly. And to Erica Smith, yes, that is= correct. Color blindness is caused when your eyes are missing a certain ty= pe of cone.

While particpating in the Stroop Task= in class on Monday, Sep. 12, I remembered that I've seen it before in= a video game. Nintendo recently released a series of video games called Br= ain Age & Brain Age 2 for the DS, their latest handheld gaming system. = The game consists of numerous math and logic based exercises which make you= use the pre-frontal cortex of your brain, and the game's creators boa= st that doing the exercises for a few minutes every day will "sharpen your = IQ (I'm curious as to whether or not this is a valid claim)." One= of the exercises was a Stroop Task. The game displays the name of a color = in a different color font on the screen (example: the word "red" in blue fo= nt), and you are supposed to say the color into the DS's microphone. The ga= me recognizes if you gave a correct or incorrect answer, and then move= s on to another word/color. It's actually a lot of fun, and after playing m= y friend's copy of the game, I've really wanted to buy a DS just so I could= play it.

More photos; more messages; more whatever =96 Get MORE= with Windows Live=99 Hotmail=AE. NOW with 5GB storage. Get more!
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T= o: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:04:35 -0600Subject: [Psych3120] Stroop Tasks

To David Dun= n, thank you for answering my question. I can see the word perfectly. And t= o Erica Smith, yes, that is correct. Color blindness is caused when your ey= es are missing a certain type of cone.

While particpat= ing in the Stroop Task in class on Monday, Sep. 12, I remembered that = I've seen it before in a video game. Nintendo recently released a seri= es of video games called Brain Age & Brain Age 2 for the DS, their late= st handheld gaming system. The game consists of numerous math and logic bas= ed exercises which make you use the pre-frontal cortex of your brain, = and the game's creators boast that doing the exercises for a few minutes ev= ery day will "sharpen your IQ (I'm curious as to whether or not this is&nbs= p;a valid claim)." One of the exercises was a Stroop Task. The game di= splays the name of a color in a different color font on the screen (example= : the word "red" in blue font), and you are supposed to say the color into = the DS's microphone. The game recognizes if you gave a correct or inco= rrect answer, and then moves on to another word/color. It's actually a lot = of fun, and after playing my friend's copy of the game, I've really wanted = to buy a DS just so I could play it.

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I h= ave a friend who is struggling in some of her classes. She is in an i= ntense program and she thinks her studying skills are not what they sh= ould be. So she decided to record the lectures from her classes and t= hen listen to them through headphones while she sleeps at night. She = thought she could get more studying in if she listened while she slept.&nbs= p; Now I know the brain is partially or parts of the brain are awake when w= e are sleeping but I thought this kind of thing would be useless. I r= emember seeing an infomercial about learning another language while sleepin= g. All someone had to do was pick a language and listen to it while t= hey slept. My friend has just barely started to try this...but I am skeptic= al and I think it wont work. In the lecture today we were taught we s= till pick up messages we are not paying attention to...so does that mean my= friend will pick up the stuff she is hearing when she is
sleeping????<= /div>

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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:10:18 -0600<= br>From: tmblakemoreslc@earthlink.net
To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu<= br>Subject: [Psych3120] Unconscious Processes

This relates back= to a class that we had awhile ago, but I heard the other day (I think I wa= s listening to NPR but I'm not sure) about people who were untrained in art= trying to create a drawing of a city scape. The people, who never learned= of horizon lines and vanishing points, drew pictures of odd looking buildi= ngs and streets. Though the people could tell that their picture didn't lo= ok right, they weren't sure what they had done wrong. These people knew of= pictoral cues of depth, as they could tell something was wrong with their = drawings, but they weren't consciously aware of them, since they failed to = include such cues in their drawings.
Their inability to reproduce these = cues highlights the existence of unconsious processes in perception. It's = interesting to think that we are able to process such cues, recognize a rep= resentation lacking these cues, yet be unaware of the cues themselves, as t= hese people were. We are very unaware of the basic, everyday processes tha= t enable us perceive and interact with the world. That is, unless someone = enlightens us to their existence, in which case, you may see Einstein's fac= e swirling.

-Thomas Blakemore

= --_0509df79-e2bf-4e4d-9a7e-a6c825e6de67_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 23:05:46 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Melissa Davenport) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:05:46 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Cell Phones! Message-ID: --_cc83734f-8359-4965-b9e9-d7c4f5dfd8bb_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I will never look at cell phones and driving the same again! As I left class and drove to work, I watched people that drove by me to see= how many people were really driving and talking or texting at the same tim= e. It was really scary to look at how many people are really driving around= us each day with most of their attention on a phone conversation they are = having. I wish that everyone were aware of these statistics and were more c= onsiderate when using a cell phone and engaging in a conversation. I know t= hat I am definately guilty of doing this very thing, but after hearing that= talking on your phone is more dangerous than being drunk at the wheel, i w= ill think twice when pulling out my phone while driving.=20 A statistic I would like to see would be the number of crashes back in the = 1970's when cell phones were not a common luxury compared to the number of = crashes today. Has car accidents gone up since then? And if so, I would ass= ume that it would be related to cellular phone usage while driving. If ther= e is a statistic like this that someone knows about, i am interested in see= ing it. So just send it my way! o.sunset@hotmail.com . I am going make the= people around me aware of this dangerous reality that seems so harmless. _________________________________________________________________ Gear up for Halo=AE 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. It=92s ou= r way of saying thanks for using Windows Live=99. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=3DSeptemberWLHalo3_WLHMTxt_2= --_cc83734f-8359-4965-b9e9-d7c4f5dfd8bb_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I will never look at cell phones and driving the same again!
As I left class and drove to work, I watched people that drove by me to see= how many people were really driving and talking or texting at the same tim= e. It was really scary to look at how many people are really driving around= us each day with most of their attention on a phone conversation they are = having. I wish that everyone were aware of these statistics and were more c= onsiderate when using a cell phone and engaging in a conversation. I know t= hat I am definately guilty of doing this very thing, but after hearing that= talking on your phone is more dangerous than being drunk at the wheel, i w= ill think twice when pulling out my phone while driving.
A statistic I would like to see would be the number of crashes back in the = 1970's when cell phones were not a common luxury compared to the number of&= nbsp;crashes today. Has car accidents gone up since then? And if so, I woul= d assume that it would be related to cellular phone usage while driving. If= there is a statistic like this that someone knows about, i am interested i= n seeing it. So just send it my way! o.sunset@hotmail.com . I am goin= g make the people around me aware of this dangerous reality that seems so h= armless.

Gear up for Halo=AE 3 and get a $25 Best Buy gift c= ard. It=92s our way of saying thanks for using Windows Live=99. = Get it now! = --_cc83734f-8359-4965-b9e9-d7c4f5dfd8bb_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 22:12:10 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Spenser Harris) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:12:10 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Resource Models and Divided Attention Message-ID: --_61cdfff0-598a-4356-beb1-307963677e07_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable During the lecture today, Monday, September 24th, Dr. Strayer said somethin= g that reminded me of a personal annecdote. When he was telling us about th= e Resource Model (the chart that shows how the brain divides attention to m= ultiple stimuli), he mentioned that if you're having a conversation with so= meone while driving and the other person mentions an intriguing bit of goss= ip, you could shift to pay more attention to what your friend just told you= and not pay enough attention to driving. The exact same thing happened to = me. I was driving with my friend, she told me something rather shocking, an= d I slammed on the brakes, bringing us to a stop. I didn't pulled over, I d= idn't even check behind me to make sure I could stop safely; my attention w= as totally fixed on what she had said. Luckily, we were on an empty residen= tial street, so we didn't get in an accident, but I still felt pretty fooli= sh. After that, I made a point of paying better attention to driving if I'm= driving with other people. _________________________________________________________________ Capture your memories in an online journal! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=3DTXT_TAGHM&loc=3Dus= --_61cdfff0-598a-4356-beb1-307963677e07_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable During the lecture today, Monday, September 24th, Dr. Strayer said somethin= g that reminded me of a personal annecdote. When he was telling us about th= e Resource Model (the chart that shows how the brain divides attention to m= ultiple stimuli), he mentioned that if you're having a conversation with so= meone while driving and the other person mentions an intriguing bit of goss= ip, you could shift to pay more attention to what your friend just told you= and not pay enough attention to driving. The exact same thing happened to = me. I was driving with my friend, she told me something rather shocking, an= d I slammed on the brakes, bringing us to a stop. I didn't pulled over, I d= idn't even check behind me to make sure I could stop safely; my attention w= as totally fixed on what she had said. Luckily, we were on an empty residen= tial street, so we didn't get in an accident, but I still felt pretty fooli= sh. After that, I made a point of paying better attention to driving if I'm= driving with other people.

Make your little one a shining s= tar! Shine on! = --_61cdfff0-598a-4356-beb1-307963677e07_-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 23:34:39 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Megan Larsen) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:34:39 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] heidi williams: selective attention In-Reply-To: <8C9CCE446EFFC86-AD8-3DF8@webmail-me12.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: I do this once in a while when I'm watching TV. My entire family will literally be yelling for my attention and I do not hear a word. Someone has to come stand right in front of me to get my attention. It's not that I am purposely ignoring them, but i do not hear them. It's the funniest thing. Apparantly my central processing channel at times chooses only to filter through Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy. Good shows, but how sad. >From: frogedamillion@aol.com >Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >Subject: [Psych3120] heidi williams: selective attention >Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:05:43 -0400 > >My brother is the master of selective attention.? Someone can be talking to >him and if he isn't interested what they're saying, then he can completely >"zone out" and he won't be able to recall what was said at all.? He gets a >glazed look on his face and starts think about cars.? I on the other hand >can't do that at all.?? It? would come in? handy? in a boring class or if >some annoying person was trying to irritate me.? But alas, I don't have to >ability to do that.? So, to explain this in a way that will actually earn >me points... In broadbent's filter theory my brother's? attentional filter >is so efficient that none of the perceptual channels seem to get through >and therefore the only thing that goes to his central processing channel >is? cars because that is what is brain deemed important.? I don't think >that he picks up anything important inadvertently in the unattended >message(entire lecture) like in the dichotic listening study because his >brain didn't pick up anything re! > levant.?? Now I call that talent. (not that I would ever do that myself. > >________________________________________________________________________ >Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - >http://mail.aol.com From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 23:39:44 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Megan Larsen) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:39:44 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Resource Models and Divided Attention In-Reply-To: Message-ID: This was a very in teresting lecture. I can't even count how many times I've found myself in another lane after sending a text or in the middle of a conversation on the phone or with a friend in the car (yes this is a confession). Anyways, I had no idea distractions like this could be as bad as driving drunk. After this lecture I am so terrified to even look at my phone while I'm driving. I usually will call a friend right after class to chat on my way to work, and I couldn't do it today. Not only was the lecture interesting, but it was beneficial as well. I will defnitely start paying better attention! >From: Spenser Harris >Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >To: Cognitive Psych Message Board >Subject: [Psych3120] Resource Models and Divided Attention >Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:12:10 -0600 > > >During the lecture today, Monday, September 24th, Dr. Strayer said >something that reminded me of a personal annecdote. When he was telling us >about the Resource Model (the chart that shows how the brain divides >attention to multiple stimuli), he mentioned that if you're having a >conversation with someone while driving and the other person mentions an >intriguing bit of gossip, you could shift to pay more attention to what >your friend just told you and not pay enough attention to driving. The >exact same thing happened to me. I was driving with my friend, she told me >something rather shocking, and I slammed on the brakes, bringing us to a >stop. I didn't pulled over, I didn't even check behind me to make sure I >could stop safely; my attention was totally fixed on what she had said. >Luckily, we were on an empty residential street, so we didn't get in an >accident, but I still felt pretty foolish. After that, I made a point of >paying better attention to driving if I'm driving with other people. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Capture your memories in an online journal! >http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Mon Sep 24 23:45:30 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Megan Larsen) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:45:30 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Last call for a study group! Message-ID: I'm making a last attempt to put together a study group before our review on Monday. I'm thinking maybe Saturday, or whenver else anyone is available, because only one person responded to the other days suggested (Today, Wednesday, and Sunday). If anyone is interested please let me know what day and time would work for you. I think this would be really helpful! Thanks! Megan From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Tue Sep 25 00:43:42 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Kandis Beverley) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:43:42 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Driving Message-ID:

After talking about driving and talking on the phone at the same time today I was very interested in what driving takes. Most of the time it just comes natural to us, we have done it so many times that we don't really think about. Today while driving home from work, I payed very strict attention to what I had to do to accomplish the task of driving. It takes vision, to see the world and what is happening. It takes movemet to steer the wheel and tap on the brake. It take reflex to dodge a car in traffic. It take quick decisions to deside if you are going to go through the yellow light or stop quickly. It takes being able to judge distance, for examplle how far away from another car you are. It take all this things happening at the same time. Driving is like a conversation, complex. Remembering things, like what to tell your husband to buy from the store or what exit to get off at. They are both quick to change, talking about old boyfriend turns into a fight, or the open lane now have a car in your bind spot. The two activitys are too much alike to do at once. So don't drive and talk at the same time!

-Kandis Beverley

From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Tue Sep 25 00:58:36 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Natalie Peatmoss) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Psych3120] Natalie Peatross Message-ID: <694515.90632.qm@web51511.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --0-1475777961-1190678316=:90632 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The topic about human error and human beings involvement with technology and their world reminds me of the story of the Torrey Canyon disaster. It was one of the largest oil spills in the world. It was in 1965 I think and it was off the coast of the Sicily Isles. There were lots of reasons for the disaster but one of the main reasons was because there was a lever for control, manual and automatic or the autopilot all in the same spot. When the captain realized he was off course he took the supertanker off autopilot and instead of putting it into manual he put it into control...which disconnects the helm from the rudder. The captain attempted to turn the ship but to no avail. When he realized what he had done..it was too late and he crashed into the seven stones and it sliced the ship open. 31 million gallons of oil spilled into the ocean...all because the captain was distracted and put the lever in the wrong spot. I am sure there are many disasters which have occurred due to lack of attention or rushed decisions. Just like we learned today that driving and talking on the phone impairs our judgment and increases our chances for accidents. --------------------------------- Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. --0-1475777961-1190678316=:90632 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The topic about human error and human beings involvement with technology and their world reminds me of the story of the Torrey Canyon disaster. It was one of the largest oil spills in the world. It was in 1965 I think and it was off the coast of the Sicily Isles. There were lots of reasons for the disaster but one of the main reasons was because there was a lever for control, manual and automatic or the autopilot all in the same spot. When the captain realized he was off course he took the supertanker off autopilot and instead of putting it into manual he put it into control...which disconnects the helm from the rudder. The captain attempted to turn the ship but to no avail. When he realized what he had done..it was too late and he crashed into the seven stones and it sliced the ship open. 31 million gallons of oil spilled into the ocean...all because the captain was distracted and put the lever in the wrong spot. I am sure there are many disasters which have occurred due to lack of attention or rushed decisions. Just like we learned today that driving and talking on the phone impairs our judgment and increases our chances for accidents.

Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. --0-1475777961-1190678316=:90632-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Tue Sep 25 19:43:43 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Andrea Kalvesmaki) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:43:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Psych3120] re: Attention and study group In-Reply-To: <200709251805.l8PI5Jk1012303@topo.csbs.utah.edu> Message-ID: <72068.36703.qm@web38908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Like many of you who posted, I also have been hyper aware of driving with cell phones. I used to work for a cell phone company, and we always encouraged people to get a hands-free, mostly for the sales! I drove using my cell phone less when I worked for the company than I do now. Being in lecture and hearing the data was interesting, and it gave me more to think about. The big one that gets me is the amount of people who TEXT while driving! To text, you have to look at the cell, hold it in your hands, and type, and I know of teens who do this while on the freeway! How crazy is that? It is wild to me to think that driving while using a cell phone is more impairing than driving under the influence. What will it take to educate people as to this? and, a note about the study group... It is hard for me to schedule a time to meet as I work full time, have school full time, and volunteer as well. (yes, that is true!) I like the idea of posting on this discussion board our ideas of how to answer questions for the study guide, and our own questions. If we each put something down and share it with each other, it might even be more effective than a study group (that attention thing, you know!). Just an idea... From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Tue Sep 25 19:52:21 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Megan Larsen) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:52:21 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] re: Attention and study group In-Reply-To: <72068.36703.qm@web38908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: That is a good idea. I would like to do a "study group" on the discussion board as well. >From: Andrea Kalvesmaki >Reply-To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >To: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >Subject: [Psych3120] re: Attention and study group >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:43:43 -0700 (PDT) > >Like many of you who posted, I also have been hyper >aware of driving with cell phones. I used to work for >a cell phone company, and we always encouraged people >to get a hands-free, mostly for the sales! I drove >using my cell phone less when I worked for the company >than I do now. Being in lecture and hearing the data >was interesting, and it gave me more to think about. >The big one that gets me is the amount of people who >TEXT while driving! To text, you have to look at the >cell, hold it in your hands, and type, and I know of >teens who do this while on the freeway! How crazy is >that? >It is wild to me to think that driving while using a >cell phone is more impairing than driving under the >influence. What will it take to educate people as to >this? > >and, a note about the study group... >It is hard for me to schedule a time to meet as I work >full time, have school full time, and volunteer as >well. (yes, that is true!) >I like the idea of posting on this discussion board >our ideas of how to answer questions for the study >guide, and our own questions. If we each put something >down and share it with each other, it might even be >more effective than a study group (that attention >thing, you know!). Just an idea... > > >_______________________________________________ >Psych3120 mailing list >Psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu >http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/listinfo.cgi/psych3120 From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Tue Sep 25 22:58:21 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (william sheltowt) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:58:21 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Cell phones and driving Message-ID: <8162db450709251458t21c96405s50e8494393214911@mail.gmail.com> ------=_Part_3581_26586229.1190757502364 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Even with the additional information I think that it is difficult for me to break my bad habits of talking while on my cell phone. The video clip of the car crashing and taking out the pedestrian was quite graphic. My thoughts on the difference between talking on a cell phone and having a pasenger that you are talking to, are that when you have a passenger they often share the duty of looking for obstacles in the road. They also help you by socially pressuring you to remain focused on the road, because you have their life in your hand as well. If you held these thing constant would it effect the results of the study. for example if there was a person with you in the car while you were driving and talking on the cell phone would there be as big of an effect? in some of these studies I think that they need to work on taking account of third variables. Bill Shelton ------=_Part_3581_26586229.1190757502364 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

Even with the additional information I think that it is difficult for me to break my bad habits of talking while on my cell phone. The video clip of the car crashing and taking out the pedestrian was quite graphic. My thoughts on the difference between talking on a cell phone and having a pasenger that you are talking to, are that when you have a passenger they often share the duty of looking for obstacles in the road. They also help you by socially pressuring you to remain focused on the road, because you have their life in your hand as well. If you held these thing constant would it effect the results of the study. for example if there was a person with you in the car while you were driving and talking on the cell phone would there be as big of an effect? in some of these studies I think that they need to work on taking account of third variables.

Bill Shelton

------=_Part_3581_26586229.1190757502364-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Wed Sep 26 04:00:37 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (David Dunn) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:00:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Psych3120] driving and cell phone statistics Message-ID: <20327.2599.qm@web50606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --0-110403720-1190775637=:2599 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit With the increase of drivers on the road as well as the increase of cell phones comes the increase for accidents to occur. Combining those two variables is a scary thought for those of us who spend an extended amount of time driving. Some of the statistics that I found to be quite alarming are as follows: 1) 10 times more likely to run stop signs when on cell phone 2) What people remember having seen while driving (single task) vs. driving while on cell phone (dual task) is 2 to 1. 3) When measuring how well people stay in their own lanes, people on cell phones more than doubled those that weren’t in crossing over their lane. 4) Reaction time was much slower for people on cell phones than those that were intoxicated. 5) In the driving simulator, intoxicated drivers had 0 rear end collisions while cell phone users had 3. These are just a few of the findings that were discussed in class, but they constitute enough to cause fear. David Dunn --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. --0-110403720-1190775637=:2599 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

With the increase of drivers on the road as well as the increase of cell phones comes the increase for accidents to occur. Combining those two variables is a scary thought for those of us who spend an extended amount of time driving.

Some of the statistics that I found to be quite alarming are as follows:

1) 10 times more likely to run stop signs when on cell phone

2) What people remember having seen while driving (single task) vs. driving while on cell phone (dual task) is 2 to 1.

3) When measuring how well people stay in their own lanes, people on cell phones more than doubled those that weren’t in crossing over their lane.

4) Reaction time was much slower for people on cell phones than those that were intoxicated.

5) In the driving simulator, intoxicated drivers had 0 rear end collisions while cell phone users had 3.

These are just a few of the findings that were discussed in class, but they constitute enough to cause fear.

David Dunn

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Check out fun summer activities for kids. --0-110403720-1190775637=:2599-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Wed Sep 26 05:25:42 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:25:42 -0400 Subject: [Psych3120] Quintin Fidler: Difference between cell phones and passengers Message-ID: <8C9CE0C6F3F273F-C9C-893E@mblk-r27.sysops.aol.com> ----------MB_8C9CE0C6F3F273F_C9C_115A4_mblk-r27.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" One of the arguments that often come up about cell phones and driving is that it's not any different than having a conversation with a passenger. In the driving simulator videos that we saw in class it was apparent that the passenger was free to help and it was asked if any studies had been done where the passenger was told that they couldn't help, but I think that misses the point. While driving the passenger is in the same "boat" (or car in this case) as the driver. That is to say that the passenger has a vested interest in your driving. Obviously if you crash so does the passenger. So not only does the passenger assist with directions but will also notify you if the traffic light is red. In tense driving situations the conversation between the driver and passenger will naturally stop. This isn't nessesarily true on a cell phone. The point is that having a conversation with a passenger is much different than having a conversation on a cell phone. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ----------MB_8C9CE0C6F3F273F_C9C_115A4_mblk-r27.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"

One of the arguments that often come up about cell phones and driving is that it's not any different than having a conversation with a passenger. In the driving simulator videos that we saw in class it was apparent that the passenger was free to help and it was asked if any studies had been done where the passenger was told that they couldn't help, but I think that misses the point. While driving the passenger is in the same "boat" (or car in this case) as the driver. That is to say that the passenger has a vested interest in your driving. Obviously if you crash so does the passenger. So not only does the passenger assist with directions but will also notify you if the traffic light is red. In tense driving situations the conversation between the driver and passenger will naturally stop. This isn't nessesarily true on a cell phone. The point is that having a conversation with a passenger is much different than having a conversation on a cell phone.

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----------MB_8C9CE0C6F3F273F_C9C_115A4_mblk-r27.sysops.aol.com-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Wed Sep 26 07:10:31 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Camille Elise Buffenmeyer) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:10:31 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Set Phasers On Stun Message-ID: <8D0B9A86CFFA8A4AB3DAD5FD05114B481005B6@CAMPUSV3.xds.umail.utah.edu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C80004.5F484061 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This was a rather interesting story I thought, and it really makes me = glad that the last time I was in a hospital was when I was born. Even = with all the technology we have developed nothing is error-proof. = Mistakes happen, and will continue to happen. I think that sometimes = people expect too much from technology and get too frustrated when = errors occur. Much technology is still so new that we can't expect = perfection. =20 On a psychology note Ray Cox went through what I can only think is = excruciating pain. I cannot imagine the likes of that because I've = never even broken a bone. What I admire the most is his attitude at the = end, when he was close to his death. I am amazed that he maintained the = ability to make a joke (on a side note, I absolutely love Star Trek and = am probably one of few who knows what the quote was from) even when his = life was cost by this machine error. =20 I admire so much people that have positive attitudes. Psychologically = speaking, Martin Seligman did some amazing research on Learned Optimism = that I think everyone should look into. The effects of positivity are = quite profound. Even though Ray's death occurred only a few short = months after the incidence I am willing to bet that he had a better = quality of life during those last few months because of his ability to = make jokes and seem overall quite positive. =20 The power of positive thinking to me demonstrates the important link = between mind and body that is undeniable. I urge everyone to pick up = Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman and read it. Perhaps it will = encourage you to think more positive. I know that a positive person is = almost always a joy to be around. =20 Through the tragedy of Ray Cox perhaps something good can grow. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C80004.5F484061 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A=

This was a rather = interesting story I thought, and it really makes me glad that the last = time I was in a hospital was when I was born. Even with all the = technology we have developed nothing is error-proof. Mistakes = happen, and will continue to happen. I think that sometimes people = expect too much from technology and get too frustrated when errors = occur. Much technology is still so new that we can't expect = perfection.

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On a psychology note Ray Cox went = through what I can only think is excruciating pain. I cannot = imagine the likes of that because I've never even broken a bone. = What I admire the most is his attitude at the end, when he was close to = his death. I am amazed that he maintained the ability to make a = joke (on a side note, I absolutely love Star Trek and am probably one of = few who knows what the quote was from) even when his life was cost by = this machine error.

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I admire so much people that have = positive attitudes. Psychologically speaking, Martin Seligman did = some amazing research on Learned Optimism that I think everyone should = look into. The effects of positivity are quite profound. = Even though Ray's death occurred only a few short months after the = incidence I am willing to bet that he had a better quality of life = during those last few months because of his ability to make jokes and = seem overall quite positive.

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The power of positive thinking to me = demonstrates the important link between mind and body that is = undeniable. I urge everyone to pick up Learned Optimism by Martin = Seligman and read it. Perhaps it will encourage you to think more = positive. I know that a positive person is almost always a joy to = be around.

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Through the tragedy of Ray Cox perhaps = something good can grow.

------_=_NextPart_001_01C80004.5F484061-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Wed Sep 26 07:30:13 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Camille Elise Buffenmeyer) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:30:13 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Daniel Simons' Demonstrations Message-ID: <8D0B9A86CFFA8A4AB3DAD5FD05114B481005B7@CAMPUSV3.xds.umail.utah.edu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C80006.B204F242 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Selective attention is something I find fascinating and so useful, but I = think it is often not realized how useful selective attention can be. = If I did not have the ability to focus in on one thing I do not know how = I could get anything done, ever. I've noticed that my mind works so = much better if I have something in the background to specifically tune = out. For example, I need either TV or music on when I do homework = because my mind seems to wander less if it is already working with = selective attention to tune out the music of TV while I spend the rest = of my time focusing on the HW. =20 I think Daniel Simons did some amazing demonstrations of just how much = can slip by. A person in a gorilla suit is something pretty major. = Also, changing of outfits, food and plates during a single scene is = pretty amazing too. This just proves to me why eyewitness testimony is = so unreliable. Time after time psychologists have shown just how much = information the brain misses when its focus is elsewhere. =20 I find this especially applicable because I am planning to attend law = school after I graduate from the U and I think that it will be very = useful to have a psychology base rather than just a political = science/economics base. Psychology has so much to do with social = deviance alone, and that is not even counting the major implications it = has in things like eyewitness testimony. If so many people miss a = person in a gorilla suit during a short clip just imagine how much other = information is missed in real life situations. The brain simply cannot = and does not process everything at once or it would overload. =20 I think it is a necessary process but one that we also need to be aware = of for these reason. I guess you can't always trust what you see with = your own two eyes. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C80006.B204F242 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A=

Selective attention is = something I find fascinating and so useful, but I think it is often not = realized how useful selective attention can be. If I did not have = the ability to focus in on one thing I do not know how I could get = anything done, ever. I've noticed that my mind works so much = better if I have something in the background to specifically tune = out. For example, I need either TV or music on when I do homework = because my mind seems to wander less if it is already working with = selective attention to tune out the music of TV while I spend the rest = of my time focusing on the HW.

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I think Daniel Simons did some amazing = demonstrations of just how much can slip by. A person in a gorilla = suit is something pretty major. Also, changing of outfits, food = and plates during a single scene is pretty amazing too. This just = proves to me why eyewitness testimony is so unreliable. Time after = time psychologists have shown just how much information the brain misses = when its focus is elsewhere.

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I find this especially applicable = because I am planning to attend law school after I graduate from the U = and I think that it will be very useful to have a psychology base rather = than just a political science/economics base. Psychology has so = much to do with social deviance alone, and that is not even counting the = major implications it has in things like eyewitness testimony. If = so many people miss a person in a gorilla suit during a short clip just = imagine how much other information is missed in real life = situations. The brain simply cannot and does not process = everything at once or it would overload.

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I think it is a necessary process but = one that we also need to be aware of for these reason. I guess you = can't always trust what you see with your own two = eyes.

------_=_NextPart_001_01C80006.B204F242-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Wed Sep 26 07:37:46 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Camille Elise Buffenmeyer) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:37:46 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] Driving While Multi-Tasking Message-ID: <8D0B9A86CFFA8A4AB3DAD5FD05114B481005B8@CAMPUSV3.xds.umail.utah.edu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C80007.C01AC6DA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Perhaps the thing I am most guilty of while driving is using my cell = phone. No matter how many times I have heard that it is so distracting = and that you shouldn't do it, the first thing that actually caught my = attention is how it can parallel the effects of drunk driving to be on = your cell phone while driving. I know how detrimental the effects of = drunk driving can be, having had family hit recently by a drunk ex-cop. =20 I think hearing this fact really awoke me to how serious a distraction a = cell phone can be, and it has finally gotten me to think twice before = using my cell phone as I am driving. Driving is one of those things I = think you cannot afford to multi-task during because you risk not only = your life, but the life of everyone around you. =20 I think the states that have banned hand-held phone usage while driving = are taking a step in the right direction, but the problem does not stop = there. The conversation itself is what can be so distracting. I know = if I was in a heated or exciting conversation by default my attention = goes there, not the road. =20 Also, it makes perfect sense to me that people seem to drive better with = a passenger in the car that they are talking to. I think that the = passenger, if old enough, naturally tends to watch the road since they = cannot really make eye contact with the driver. This means that they = are able to spot something the driver might otherwise have missed. = Whether this be an exit, another car or whatever. =20 Probably one of the scariest things that I have seen, or at least = shocking things I remember seeing is a group of people in a truck that = were all deaf and were signing to each other, including the driver. = This meant the driver not only took his/her eyes off the road, but also = took his/her hands off the wheel to sign back. =20 In reality cell phone conversations may be just about this dangerous. I = am glad I've finally started to think twice before picking up my phone. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C80007.C01AC6DA Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A=

Perhaps the thing I am = most guilty of while driving is using my cell phone. No matter how = many times I have heard that it is so distracting and that you shouldn't = do it, the first thing that actually caught my attention is how it can = parallel the effects of drunk driving to be on your cell phone while = driving. I know how detrimental the effects of drunk driving can = be, having had family hit recently by a drunk ex-cop.

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I think hearing this fact really awoke = me to how serious a distraction a cell phone can be, and it has finally = gotten me to think twice before using my cell phone as I am = driving. Driving is one of those things I think you cannot afford = to multi-task during because you risk not only your life, but the life = of everyone around you.

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I think the states that have banned = hand-held phone usage while driving are taking a step in the right = direction, but the problem does not stop there. The conversation = itself is what can be so distracting. I know if I was in a heated = or exciting conversation by default my attention goes there, not the = road.

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Also, it makes perfect sense to me that = people seem to drive better with a passenger in the car that they are = talking to. I think that the passenger, if old enough, naturally = tends to watch the road since they cannot really make eye contact with = the driver. This means that they are able to spot something the = driver might otherwise have missed. Whether this be an exit, = another car or whatever.

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Probably one of the scariest things = that I have seen, or at least shocking things I remember seeing is a = group of people in a truck that were all deaf and were signing to each = other, including the driver. This meant the driver not only took = his/her eyes off the road, but also took his/her hands off the wheel to = sign back.

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In reality cell phone conversations may = be just about this dangerous. I am glad I've finally started to = think twice before picking up my phone.

------_=_NextPart_001_01C80007.C01AC6DA-- From psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu Wed Sep 26 17:29:35 2007 From: psych3120@lists.csbs.utah.edu (Todd Aylesworth) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:29:35 -0600 Subject: [Psych3120] bad driver shouldn't talk on cell phones Message-ID: ------=_Part_10611_25561599.1190824175337 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Right before I left for a mission, I was driving down the road following my Best friend of 22 years back to my place. The road was wet an my tires were bald. This was just the time that cell phones were getting to be more mainstream. I have just purchased my first (pagers were still hip then). I had just got off the phone with someone, looked up and all I saw was break lights in front of me, I slammed on my break peddle, still no use, my car with not traction and a slick road rammed into my friend. it ended up that there was no damage to his car but my front end was injured. i had blamed th road conditions and my bald tires. I guess I am one of those people that won't see driving an phone conversations to be harmful. I am one who thinks that people who don't drive well to begin with shouldn't do it. how is that perception wrong or is it right? ------=_Part_10611_25561599.1190824175337 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Right before I left for a mission, I was driving down the road following my Best friend of 22 years back to my place. The road was wet an my tires were bald. This was just the time that cell phones were getting to be more mainstream. I have just purchased my first (pagers were still hip then). I had just got off the phone with someone, looked up and all I saw was break lights in front of me, I slammed on my break peddle, still no use, my car with not traction and a slick road rammed into my friend. it ended up that there was no damage to his car but my front end was injured. i had blamed th road conditions and my bald tires. I guess I am one of those people that won't see driving an phone conversations to be harmful.