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Visual distraction from automobile displays: an impediment to visual performance

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Fig. 1: Visual performance testing display.
Fig. 2: Mean response times are shown with and without visual distraction from the simulated navigational display.

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This study was internally funded by Rosenberg School of Optometry, University of the Incarnate Word.

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JAL was responsible for conducting the investigation, formal analysis, conceptualization, writing original draft, reviewing, and editing draft manuscript, and project administration. JR was responsible for conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis supervision, resources, writing original draft, reviewing, and editing manuscript. AC, ML, RR, LS, and KS were responsible for data collection, validating data, and data curation.

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Lovell, J., Rabin, J., Cerrillo, A. et al. Visual distraction from automobile displays: an impediment to visual performance. Eye 36, 651–652 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-021-01409-0

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