Strayer and his colleagues link the decrement in driving performance with cell-phone use to:
A)problems in semantic memory.
B)cell-phone use exaggerates the recency effect.
C)cell-phone use taxes the central executive (attentional control).
D)cell-phone use requires the phonological loop to be suppressed.

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According to Strayer and his colleagues, the decrement in driving performance with cell-phone use is linked to the central executive, which is responsible for attentional control. Cell-phone use taxes the central executive and impairs driving performance.

Strayer and His Colleagues Link the Decrement in Driving Performance