John E Marsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4163199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John E Marsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | John E |
| FAMILY NAME | Marsh |
| SIGNATURE | MARSH J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9494-1287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Acute stress is associated with increased auditory distraction
Attentional Control Theory suggests that acute stress reduces the efficiency of working memory and top-down control, increasing susceptibility to distraction. In contrast, Cognitive Reallocation accounts suggest that acute stress narrows attentional focus and potentially reduces distraction. We tested these competing predictions using a cross-modal oddball task, comparing participants exposed to an acute stressor, via a realistic firefighter trai…
No evidence for a vibrotactile changing-state effect in serial recall
One way to develop theories of forgetting in short-term memory is to introduce novel sources of distraction. A recent study reported a vibrotactile changing-state effect, suggesting that a sequence of irrelevant vibrations can disrupt visual-verbal serial recall if it contains variation. The present study aimed to replicate and extend this finding. But Experiment 1 found no evidence of a vibrotactile changing-state effect in visual-verbal serial …
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…
False memory-guided eye movements
The Deese-Roediger and McDermott (DRM) paradigm and visually guided saccade tasks are both prominent research tools in their own right. This study introduces a novel DRM-Saccade paradigm, merging both methodologies. We used rule-based saccadic eye movements whereby participants were presented with items at test and were asked to make a saccade to the left or right of the item to denote a recognition or non-recognition decision. We measured old/ne…
Irregular stimulus distribution increases the negative footprint illusion
As a climate change mitigation strategy, environmentally certified ‘green’ buildings with low carbon footprints are becoming more prevalent in the world. An interesting psychological question is how people perceive the carbon footprint of these buildings given their spatial distributions in a given community. Here we examine whether regular distribution (i.e., buildings organized in a block) or irregular distribution (i.e., buildings randomly dis…
Psychological obstacles to the efficacy of environmental footprint tools
The Cognitive Psychology of Climate Change
Climate change is one of society’s great challenges. The scientific community agrees that human activity is to a large degree responsible for these changes and efforts to promote more sustainable b ...
The effects of stimulus complexity and conceptual fluency on aesthetic judgments of abstract art
We report an experiment investigating how stimulus complexity and conceptual fluency (i.e., the ease of deriving meaning) influence aesthetic liking judgments for abstract artworks. We presented participants with paintings at two levels of complexity (high vs. low) and five levels of conceptual fluency (determined from a prior norming study) and requested separate ratings of beauty and creativity. Our predictions were derived from the PIA Model (…
Application of Structural Equation Modeling to the Social Sciences
Emanating from a family of statistical techniques used for the analysis of multivariate data to measure latent variables and their interrelationships, structural equation modeling (SEM) is briefly introduced. The basic tenets of SEM, the principles of model creation, identification, estimation and evaluation are outlined and a four-step procedure for applying SEM to test an evidence-based model of eating disorders (transdiagnostic cognitive-behav…
Application of Structural Equation Modeling to the Social Sciences
Emanating from a family of statistical techniques used for the analysis of multivariate data to measure latent variables and their interrelationships, structural equation modeling (SEM) is briefly introduced. The basic tenets of SEM, the principles of model creation, identification, estimation and evaluation are outlined and a four-step procedure for applying SEM to test an evidence-based model of eating disorders (transdiagnostic cognitive-behav…
Application of Structural Equation Modeling to the Social Sciences
Emanating from a family of statistical techniques used for the analysis of multivariate data to measure latent variables and their interrelationships, structural equation modeling (SEM) is briefly introduced. The basic tenets of SEM, the principles of model creation, identification, estimation and evaluation are outlined and a four-step procedure for applying SEM to test an evidence-based model of eating disorders (transdiagnostic cognitive-behav…
The effects of stimulus complexity and conceptual fluency on aesthetic judgments of abstract art
We report an experiment investigating how stimulus complexity and conceptual fluency (i.e., the ease of deriving meaning) influence aesthetic liking judgments for abstract artworks. We presented participants with paintings at two levels of complexity (high vs. low) and five levels of conceptual fluency (determined from a prior norming study) and requested separate ratings of beauty and creativity. Our predictions were derived from the PIA Model (…
The Cognitive Psychology of Climate Change
Climate change is one of society’s great challenges. The scientific community agrees that human activity is to a large degree responsible for these changes and efforts to promote more sustainable b ...
Psychological obstacles to the efficacy of environmental footprint tools
Irregular stimulus distribution increases the negative footprint illusion
As a climate change mitigation strategy, environmentally certified ‘green’ buildings with low carbon footprints are becoming more prevalent in the world. An interesting psychological question is how people perceive the carbon footprint of these buildings given their spatial distributions in a given community. Here we examine whether regular distribution (i.e., buildings organized in a block) or irregular distribution (i.e., buildings randomly dis…
False memory-guided eye movements
The Deese-Roediger and McDermott (DRM) paradigm and visually guided saccade tasks are both prominent research tools in their own right. This study introduces a novel DRM-Saccade paradigm, merging both methodologies. We used rule-based saccadic eye movements whereby participants were presented with items at test and were asked to make a saccade to the left or right of the item to denote a recognition or non-recognition decision. We measured old/ne…
Acute stress is associated with increased auditory distraction
Attentional Control Theory suggests that acute stress reduces the efficiency of working memory and top-down control, increasing susceptibility to distraction. In contrast, Cognitive Reallocation accounts suggest that acute stress narrows attentional focus and potentially reduces distraction. We tested these competing predictions using a cross-modal oddball task, comparing participants exposed to an acute stressor, via a realistic firefighter trai…
No evidence for a vibrotactile changing-state effect in serial recall
One way to develop theories of forgetting in short-term memory is to introduce novel sources of distraction. A recent study reported a vibrotactile changing-state effect, suggesting that a sequence of irrelevant vibrations can disrupt visual-verbal serial recall if it contains variation. The present study aimed to replicate and extend this finding. But Experiment 1 found no evidence of a vibrotactile changing-state effect in visual-verbal serial …
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…
Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (3 works) · Attentional control (2 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Distraction (2 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 works)