Which of the following is NOT a limitation of the study by Strayer and Johnston (2001) on cell phone use while driving?
a. The authors did not realize that they created a triple task and that their baseline condition was actually dual-task.
b. The authors did not show that the pursuit-tracking task is a valid substitute for actual driving.
c. The authors did not report performance on the pursuit-tracking task.
d. The authors used reaction time on a secondary task as a measure of distraction.
D
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