Practice question
How does emotional arousal (e.g. anger, extreme joy, rushing due to time pressure) affect human cognitive processing while driving?
- It improves reaction time by 500% and eliminates all driving errors
- It impairs risk perception, increases aggressive tailgating and speeding, narrows attention, and increases reaction latency to peripheral hazards
- It enables the human brain to see in the dark without vehicle headlights
- It has zero physiological or psychological effect on driving performance
Answer: B — It impairs risk perception, increases aggressive tailgating and speeding, narrows attention, and increases reaction latency to peripheral hazards
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