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Working memory

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Working Memory Performance: Is Subjective Measurement A Better Predictor Than Cognitive Load?, Megan Mccray Jan 2023

Working Memory Performance: Is Subjective Measurement A Better Predictor Than Cognitive Load?, Megan Mccray

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We rely on our capacity for rapid attention switching to conduct multiple tasks simultaneously. Leading working memory models assume that memory maintenance and attention-demanding secondary task processing cannot coincide. Any reduction in memory maintenance activities occurring due to secondary task processing leads to impaired recall. This temporal relationship is typically characterized through the proportion of time spent attending to the concurrent processing task, also called cognitive load. Although the primary determinant of forgetting in leading models, recent findings show limitations to cognitive load effects in multitasking. We investigated whether the effects of cognitive load are a byproduct of subjective task …


Working Memory Performance: Is Subjective Measurement A Better Predictor Than Cognitive Load?, Megan Mccray Jan 2023

Working Memory Performance: Is Subjective Measurement A Better Predictor Than Cognitive Load?, Megan Mccray

Dissertations and Theses

We rely on our capacity for rapid attention switching to conduct multiple tasks simultaneously. Leading working memory models assume that memory maintenance and attention-demanding secondary task processing cannot coincide. Any reduction in memory maintenance activities occurring due to secondary task processing leads to impaired recall. This temporal relationship is typically characterized through the proportion of time spent attending to the concurrent processing task, also called cognitive load. Although the primary determinant of forgetting in leading models, recent findings show limitations to cognitive load effects in multitasking. We investigated whether the effects of cognitive load are a byproduct of subjective task …