Interactions Between Modality of Working Memory Load and Perceptual Load in Distractor Processing

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ID10124805
AuthorsHideya Koshino (0000-0001-6889-1856, California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author), Pilar Olid (California State University, San Bernardino)
Year2015
Volume142
Issue3
Pages135-149
Publication date2015-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309.2015.1036830
PMID26273937
OpenAlexW1534213580
LanguageEN
References cited38

The present study investigated interactions between working memory load and perceptual load. The load theory (Lavie, Hirst, de Fockert, & Viding, 2004 ) claims that perceptual load decreases distractor interference, whereas working memory load increases interference. However, recent studies showed that effects of working memory might depend on the relationship between modalities of working memory and task stimuli. Here, we examined whether the relationship between working memory load and perceptual load would remain the same across modalities. The results of Experiment 1 showed that verbal working memory load did not affect a compatibility effect for low perceptual load, whereas it increased the compatibility effect for high perceptual load. In Experiment 2, the compatibility effect remained the same regardless of visual working memory load. These results suggest that the effects of working memory load and perceptual load depend on the relationship between the modalities of working memory and stimuli

Cognition · Cognitive Load · Cognitive psychology · Modalities · Perception · Working memory · Human-Automation Interaction and Safety · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms

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