Walking and texting on the phone can be dangerous. People often hurt themselves because they do not pay attention to obstacles in their way. Fortunately most phones nowadays have an integrated back camera. This can be taken to advantage. The stream of pictures from the back camera can be analysed to recognize obstacles. This can be done by dividing the pictures into regions with similar colors....

Text messaging has become wildly popular in the United States, and it has some unique characteristics that may impact interpersonal communication such as deception. Here we report how deception detection operates in text messaging, specifically exploring the roles of context, relationship closeness, message content, and one’s liar type on deception detection. We addressed these questions using ...

Risky multitasking, such as texting while driving, may occur because people misestimate the costs of divided attention. In two experiments, participants performed a computerized visual-manual tracking task in which they attempted to keep a mouse cursor within a small target that moved erratically around a circular track. They then separately performed an auditory n-back task. After practicing b...

By using in situ naturalistic driving data, estimates of prevalence and risk can be made regarding driver populations' secondary task distractions and crash rates. Through metadata analysis, three populations of drivers (i.e., adult light vehicle, teenaged light vehicle, and adult heavy vehicle) were compared regarding frequency of secondary task behavior and the associated risk for safety-crit...

Background Technology-delivered interventions have the potential to improve diabetes self-care and glycemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, patients who do not engage with interventions may not reap benefits, and there is little evidence on how engagement with mobile health interventions varies by health literacy status. Objective This study explored how patients wit...