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What did a study by Strayer and Johnston (2001) regarding the effects of attention on driving conclude?

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Attention is not affected as long as one is using a hands-free phone.
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Driving and talking with friends in the car increases the chance of an accident.
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Driving and listening to the radio increases the chance of missing traffic signals.
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Driving and talking on any type of cell phone increases the chance of missing traffic signals.
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The human brain can handle only one attention-consuming task at a time.

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If someone is attempting to focus on multiple tasks at one time, it could be said that they have divided attention.

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Semantic encoding is emphasizing the physical structure of a word, such as its length or how it is printed.

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