Dylan M Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 3657606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dylan M Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dylan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8783-5542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
High cognitive load abolishes auditory distraction in short-term memory
High cognitive load abolishes auditory distraction in short-term memory. • Concurrent articulation eliminates the deviation effect, contrary to working memory–based attentional control predictions. • Load effects on distraction are explained by changes in task engagement rather than working memory capacity limitations. • Findings challenge capacity-depletion accounts of load-dependent distraction. The current study critically examined a common th…
Do the benefits of homeownership on mental health vary by race and poverty status? An application of doubly robust estimation for causal inference
Reducing risk to security and privacy in the selection of trigger-action rules
Smart home device usage is increasing, as is the diversity of users and range of devices. Additionally, it is becoming increasingly common to interconnect devices (e.g., via trigger-action rules) which, while bringing benefits, can bring unforeseen security and privacy risks. Developing strategies to protect users as well as understanding what biographical or attitudinal characteristics contribute to these risks is a critical step for ensuring em…
The dissociations of confidence from accuracy in forced-choice recognition judgments
Judgment of confidence in memory is likely to track memory accuracy if those factors shaping accuracy also shape confidence. In recognition memory, accuracy is determined by the relative level of evidence present for the target and that supporting the lures. As the discrepancy between targets and lures increases, so does the likelihood of correct responding. In contrast, this study shows that confidence can instead depend on the absolute evidence…
Symmetric and asymmetric action integration during cooperative object manipulation in virtual environments
The following abstracts are from recent issues and the forthcoming issue of ACM's Transactions of Computer Human Interaction (ToCHI). They are included here to alert Interactions' readers to what research is being done in the field of Computer Human Interaction. The complete papers, when published, can be found in ACM's Digital Library at www.acm.org/pubs/contents/journals/tochi
The cognitive psychology of auditory distraction
Recent research extending Broadbent's work on selective auditory attention is described through the medium of the irrelevant sound effect (the loss of efficiency when irrelevant sound is played during a serial short‐term memory task). This breakdown of selective attention cannot be explained by interference at encoding, but rather as disruption following some obligatory entry of sound into memory. Within memory, interference does not arise as a r…
The role of habituation in the disruption of recall performance by irrelevant sound
A series of experiments explored the possibility that the pattern of disruption of recall performance by irrelevant sound reflects the process of habituation. Each of three experiments contrasted the action of three auditory conditions: steady state (repeated word sequence) speech, changing state (changing word sequence) speech and quiet. If treatments were changed on a trial‐to‐trial basis, differences between steady state, changing state and qu…
Intra- and inter-modal repetition priming of familiar faces and voices
Two experiments explored repetition priming for familiar voices and faces. Expt 1 revealed that, like faces, prior exposure to a voice in a gender judgment task speeds its subsequent classification as familiar or unfamiliar, some minutes later. Faces and voices do not prime one another, however; a result consistent with the notion that evidence is initially accumulated separately for voices and faces. In Expt 2, a prediction derived from the IAC …
Memory updating in working memory
Two experiments are reported which suggest that a dynamic memory updating task, running memory, requires two independent mechanisms - the articulatory loop and a component of the central executive. Experiment 1 shows that irrelevant speech and articulatory suppression impair the serial recall component of the running memory task but not the updating component. Updating memory affects performance independently of the effects of irrelevant speech a…
Refining the measurement of mood
Research using a refinement of existing measures of mood, the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (UMACL), is reviewed. A factor analysis (N = 388), using a validated criterion for assessing the number of factors to be extracted, confirmed that the UMACL measures dimensions of energetic arousal, tense arousal and hedonic tone. Psychometric properties of UMACL scales were satisfactory. Discriminant validity was established by showing that correlations …
Interactive effects of extraversion and arousal on attentional task performance
Reports study of the effects on 6 tasks of time of day, extraversion, and self-report arousal. We selected tasks to test processing resource explanations of interactive effects of extraversion and arousal on performance. Significant interactive effects of time of day, extraversion, and arousal on performance consistent with previous research were found with 2 tasks. One of these tasks was attentional (speed of serial reaction), the other required…
The effects of noise on recall of categorized lists
Five experiments investigated the effects of moderate intensity noise (80 or 85 dBC) on recall of categorized lists. Generally the results confirmed previous findings which have shown that in certain circumstances noise reduces clustering. There was no effect of noise on the number of words recalled except in a cued recall condition where noise impaired recall. No reliable individual differences in the effects of noise were found and there was no…
Short‐term recall of nine‐digit strings and the EEG
In three exploratory studies, EEG changes were monitored while subjects performed a nine‐digit recall task. Experiment 1 involved auditory presentation without practice or prior instruction. EEG characteristics measured before the task related to subsequent recall, EEG activation increased progressively during digit presentation and rehearsal, and several between‐ and within‐subject analyses showed increased activation to be associated with poor …
The Effects of Noise and Incentives Upon Attention in Short‐term Memory
Recent work concerned with task performance under conditions of high arousal has emphasized the changes that appear to occur in the allocation of attention to different components of the task. Hockey (1970 a , b ), for example, has shown that loud noise, which may be considered to raise arousal level (Broadbent, 1971; Davies, 1968; Hockey, 1969), biases attention towards high‐priority task components and away from low‐priority ones. This result a…
Refining the measurement of mood
Research using a refinement of existing measures of mood, the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (UMACL), is reviewed. A factor analysis (N = 388), using a validated criterion for assessing the number of factors to be extracted, confirmed that the UMACL measures dimensions of energetic arousal, tense arousal and hedonic tone. Psychometric properties of UMACL scales were satisfactory. Discriminant validity was established by showing that correlations …
Memory updating in working memory
Two experiments are reported which suggest that a dynamic memory updating task, running memory, requires two independent mechanisms - the articulatory loop and a component of the central executive. Experiment 1 shows that irrelevant speech and articulatory suppression impair the serial recall component of the running memory task but not the updating component. Updating memory affects performance independently of the effects of irrelevant speech a…
Intra- and inter-modal repetition priming of familiar faces and voices
Two experiments explored repetition priming for familiar voices and faces. Expt 1 revealed that, like faces, prior exposure to a voice in a gender judgment task speeds its subsequent classification as familiar or unfamiliar, some minutes later. Faces and voices do not prime one another, however; a result consistent with the notion that evidence is initially accumulated separately for voices and faces. In Expt 2, a prediction derived from the IAC …
Do the benefits of homeownership on mental health vary by race and poverty status? An application of doubly robust estimation for causal inference
The effects of noise on recall of categorized lists
Five experiments investigated the effects of moderate intensity noise (80 or 85 dBC) on recall of categorized lists. Generally the results confirmed previous findings which have shown that in certain circumstances noise reduces clustering. There was no effect of noise on the number of words recalled except in a cued recall condition where noise impaired recall. No reliable individual differences in the effects of noise were found and there was no…
The Effects of Noise and Incentives Upon Attention in Short‐term Memory
Recent work concerned with task performance under conditions of high arousal has emphasized the changes that appear to occur in the allocation of attention to different components of the task. Hockey (1970 a , b ), for example, has shown that loud noise, which may be considered to raise arousal level (Broadbent, 1971; Davies, 1968; Hockey, 1969), biases attention towards high‐priority task components and away from low‐priority ones. This result a…
Short‐term recall of nine‐digit strings and the EEG
In three exploratory studies, EEG changes were monitored while subjects performed a nine‐digit recall task. Experiment 1 involved auditory presentation without practice or prior instruction. EEG characteristics measured before the task related to subsequent recall, EEG activation increased progressively during digit presentation and rehearsal, and several between‐ and within‐subject analyses showed increased activation to be associated with poor …
The effects of noise on recall of categorized lists
Five experiments investigated the effects of moderate intensity noise (80 or 85 dBC) on recall of categorized lists. Generally the results confirmed previous findings which have shown that in certain circumstances noise reduces clustering. There was no effect of noise on the number of words recalled except in a cued recall condition where noise impaired recall. No reliable individual differences in the effects of noise were found and there was no…
Interactive effects of extraversion and arousal on attentional task performance
Reports study of the effects on 6 tasks of time of day, extraversion, and self-report arousal. We selected tasks to test processing resource explanations of interactive effects of extraversion and arousal on performance. Significant interactive effects of time of day, extraversion, and arousal on performance consistent with previous research were found with 2 tasks. One of these tasks was attentional (speed of serial reaction), the other required…
Memory updating in working memory
Two experiments are reported which suggest that a dynamic memory updating task, running memory, requires two independent mechanisms - the articulatory loop and a component of the central executive. Experiment 1 shows that irrelevant speech and articulatory suppression impair the serial recall component of the running memory task but not the updating component. Updating memory affects performance independently of the effects of irrelevant speech a…
Refining the measurement of mood
Research using a refinement of existing measures of mood, the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (UMACL), is reviewed. A factor analysis (N = 388), using a validated criterion for assessing the number of factors to be extracted, confirmed that the UMACL measures dimensions of energetic arousal, tense arousal and hedonic tone. Psychometric properties of UMACL scales were satisfactory. Discriminant validity was established by showing that correlations …
The role of habituation in the disruption of recall performance by irrelevant sound
A series of experiments explored the possibility that the pattern of disruption of recall performance by irrelevant sound reflects the process of habituation. Each of three experiments contrasted the action of three auditory conditions: steady state (repeated word sequence) speech, changing state (changing word sequence) speech and quiet. If treatments were changed on a trial‐to‐trial basis, differences between steady state, changing state and qu…
Intra- and inter-modal repetition priming of familiar faces and voices
Two experiments explored repetition priming for familiar voices and faces. Expt 1 revealed that, like faces, prior exposure to a voice in a gender judgment task speeds its subsequent classification as familiar or unfamiliar, some minutes later. Faces and voices do not prime one another, however; a result consistent with the notion that evidence is initially accumulated separately for voices and faces. In Expt 2, a prediction derived from the IAC …
The cognitive psychology of auditory distraction
Recent research extending Broadbent's work on selective auditory attention is described through the medium of the irrelevant sound effect (the loss of efficiency when irrelevant sound is played during a serial short‐term memory task). This breakdown of selective attention cannot be explained by interference at encoding, but rather as disruption following some obligatory entry of sound into memory. Within memory, interference does not arise as a r…
Symmetric and asymmetric action integration during cooperative object manipulation in virtual environments
The following abstracts are from recent issues and the forthcoming issue of ACM's Transactions of Computer Human Interaction (ToCHI). They are included here to alert Interactions' readers to what research is being done in the field of Computer Human Interaction. The complete papers, when published, can be found in ACM's Digital Library at www.acm.org/pubs/contents/journals/tochi
The dissociations of confidence from accuracy in forced-choice recognition judgments
Judgment of confidence in memory is likely to track memory accuracy if those factors shaping accuracy also shape confidence. In recognition memory, accuracy is determined by the relative level of evidence present for the target and that supporting the lures. As the discrepancy between targets and lures increases, so does the likelihood of correct responding. In contrast, this study shows that confidence can instead depend on the absolute evidence…
Reducing risk to security and privacy in the selection of trigger-action rules
Smart home device usage is increasing, as is the diversity of users and range of devices. Additionally, it is becoming increasingly common to interconnect devices (e.g., via trigger-action rules) which, while bringing benefits, can bring unforeseen security and privacy risks. Developing strategies to protect users as well as understanding what biographical or attitudinal characteristics contribute to these risks is a critical step for ensuring em…
Do the benefits of homeownership on mental health vary by race and poverty status? An application of doubly robust estimation for causal inference
High cognitive load abolishes auditory distraction in short-term memory
High cognitive load abolishes auditory distraction in short-term memory. • Concurrent articulation eliminates the deviation effect, contrary to working memory–based attentional control predictions. • Load effects on distraction are explained by changes in task engagement rather than working memory capacity limitations. • Findings challenge capacity-depletion accounts of load-dependent distraction. The current study critically examined a common th…
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