Consistent Failure to Produce a Cognitive Load Effect in Visual Working Memory Using a Standard Dual-Task Procedure

Working memory performance is impaired when an attention-demanding task is executed during memory retention. The cognitive load effect is the consistent finding that the size of the memory impairment is determined by the relative amount of time that the secondary processing task occupies attention d...

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Main Authors: Timothy J. Ricker, Evie Vergauwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Cognition
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Online Access:https://www.journalofcognition.org/articles/108