A Lens Analysis of the Effects of Memory Load and Time Pressure on Static Judgment

While the effects of time pressure on decision-making have been studied relatively extensively, the effects of a concurrent memory load have not. This paper presents a study of the effects of both time pressure and concurrent memory load on a static judgment task from the perspective of the lens model. Previous results indicating that time pressure results in less cognitive control and utilization of fewer cues was replicated, though negative bias was not. There was an effect of concurrent memory load which was not the same as that of time pressure. Concurrent memory load also decreased cue utilization, but did not affect cognitive control. Further work is necessary to more clearly understand the difference between time pressure and concurrent tasks.