A shield against distraction
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| Titel: | A shield against distraction |
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| Autoren: | Halin, N., Marsh, J.E., Hellman, A., Hellstrom, I., Sörqvist, Patrik |
| Quelle: | Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 3(1):31-36 |
| Schlagwörter: | Distraction, Memory, Noise, Selective attention, Task difficulty, Working memory capacity |
| Beschreibung: | In this paper, we apply the basic idea of a trade-off between the level of concentration and distractibility to test whether a manipulation of task difficulty can shield against distraction. Participants read, either in quiet or with a speech noise background, texts that were displayed either in an easy-to-read or a hard-to-read font. Background speech impaired prose recall, but only when the text was displayed in the easy-to-read font. Most importantly, recall was better in the background speech condition for hard-to-read than for easy-to-read texts. Moreover, individual differences in working memory capacity were related to the magnitude of disruption, but only in the easy-to-read condition. Making a task more difficult can sometimes facilitate selective attention in noisy work environments by promoting focal-task engagement. © 2014 The Authors. |
| Dateibeschreibung: | electronic |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-116411 https://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:798648/FULLTEXT01.pdf |
| Datenbank: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | In this paper, we apply the basic idea of a trade-off between the level of concentration and distractibility to test whether a manipulation of task difficulty can shield against distraction. Participants read, either in quiet or with a speech noise background, texts that were displayed either in an easy-to-read or a hard-to-read font. Background speech impaired prose recall, but only when the text was displayed in the easy-to-read font. Most importantly, recall was better in the background speech condition for hard-to-read than for easy-to-read texts. Moreover, individual differences in working memory capacity were related to the magnitude of disruption, but only in the easy-to-read condition. Making a task more difficult can sometimes facilitate selective attention in noisy work environments by promoting focal-task engagement. © 2014 The Authors. |
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| ISSN: | 22113681 2211369X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.01.003 |