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Medicine 2013-02-28 1 min read

Research: Brain can't cope with making a left-hand turn and talking on hands-free cell phone

Making a left-hand turn requires a huge amount of brain activation and involves far more areas of the brain than driving on a straight road or other maneuvers
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