Low cognitive load strengthens distractor interference while high load attenuates when cognitive load and distractor possess similar visual characteristics
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Low cognitive load strengthens distractor interference while high load attenuates when cognitive load and distractor possess similar visual characteristics.
Studies on visual cognitive load have reported inconsistent effects of distractor interference when distractors have visual characteristic that are similar to the cognitive load. Some studies have shown that the cognitive load enhances distractor interference, while others reported an attenuating effect. We attribute these inconsistencies to the amount of cognitive load that a person is require...
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عنوان ژورنال: Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1943-3921,1943-393X
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-015-0866-9