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Attentional demands and recall of verbal and color information in action events
Author(s) -
BÄCKMAN LARS,
NILSSON LARSGÖRAN,
NOURI REZA KORMI
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1993.tb01119.x
Subject(s) - encoding (memory) , psychology , recall , object (grammar) , cognitive psychology , action (physics) , task (project management) , affect (linguistics) , nonverbal communication , free recall , encoding specificity principle , recall test , communication , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics , management , quantum mechanics , economics
Two experiments addressed the influence of secondary task performance at encoding on recall of different features of subject‐performed tasks (SPTs) involving objects (e.g., turn the wallet). In Experiment 1, memory for verbs and colors of objects was assessed, with object names serving as cues. In Experiment 2, object and color memory were assessed, with verbs serving as cues. Results from both experiments indicated a greater deterioration of memory performance under divided attention for verbal features than for colors. In addition, intention to remember did not affect performance for any feature in either experiment. The overall pattern of outcome is discussed relative to the view that encoding of verbal features of SPTs is more attention‐demanding than encoding of physical task features, such as color.