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The effects of noise and time on task on recall of order information
Author(s) -
Smith Andrew P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1983.tb01845.x
Subject(s) - recall , noise (video) , task (project management) , psychology , cognitive psychology , free recall , audiology , computer science , artificial intelligence , medicine , engineering , systems engineering , image (mathematics)
Recent evidence has suggested that noise may improve recall of order information, although one should note that certain experiments have found either no effect of noise or an impairment in noise. The first experiment showed that the effect of noise on recall of order changed during the course of the task, performance being slightly improved by noise in the first half but impaired by noise in the second. Thus, the usual finding of improvement in recall of order is especially likely to be obtained with short experiments. Another experiment was carried out to determine whether the later impairment by noise was due to previous exposure to the noise, practice at the task, or both. Taken together, the results of the two experiments showed that both noise and practice were necessary to produce the later impairment of order recall.