Berneice
2007-10-06 19:38:10
what is the big deal with taking a cell phone call in a restaurant?
The heightened annoyance may be related to the way the brain processes one-sided conversations. Our brains, expecting information to arrive from both sides of a conversation, have an innate tendency to fill in the blanks. Psychology Today It’s probably similar to the cocktail party effect. (see wiki article)
Similarly, drivers may be more apt to wreck their cars while talking on a cell phone than talking to someone seated in the passenger seat. The brain’s language processing may be engaged slightly differently. (Or, so I’ve been lead to believe.)
