Implications of Cognitive Load for Hypothesis Generation and Probability Judgment.

Implications of Cognitive Load for Hypothesis Generation and Probability Judgment.

We tested the predictions of HyGene (Thomas, Dougherty, Sprenger, & Harbison, 2008) that both divided attention at encoding and judgment should affect degree to which participants’ probability judgments violate the principle of additivity. In two experiments, we showed that divided attention...

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Main Authors: Amber M Sprenger, Michael Dougherty, Sharona M Atkins, Ana M Franco-Watkins, Rick Thomas, Nicholas Lange, Brandon Abbs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
working memory
Comparison process
HyGene
hypothesis generation
Probability judgment
Recall
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00129/full

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