1. "You are sharing attention between vision and audition and doing the best you can," Yantis said.

2. "It‘s as if the participants were changing the volume on visual input and auditory input depending on where they were supposed to be directing attention," Yantis said.

3. "Our research helps explain why talking on a cell phone can impair driving performance, even when the driver is using a hands–free device," said Steven Yantis, a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences who led the study.

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