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The Roles of Delay and Probability Discounting in Texting while Driving: Toward the Development of a Translational Scientific Program
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Jul 20 2018
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Source: J Exp Anal Behav. 110(2):229-242
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Alternative Title:J Exp Anal Behav
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Description:A sample of 109 college students completed a survey to assess how frequently they send or read text messages while driving. In a novel discounting task with a hypothetical scenario in which participants receive a text message while driving, they rated the likelihood of replying to a text message immediately versus waiting to reply until arriving at a destination. The scenario presented several delays to a destination and probabilities of a motor vehicle crash. The likelihood of waiting to reply decreased as a function of both the delay until the destination and the probability of a motor vehicle crash. Self-reported higher frequencies of texting while driving were associated with greater rates of both delay and probability discounting. The degree of delay discounting was altered as a function of the probability of a motor vehicle crash and vice versa. These results suggest that both delay and probability discounting are important underlying mechanisms of drivers' decision to text while driving.
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Pubmed ID:30028007
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6376405
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Volume:110
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Issue:2
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