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Dissociation, cognitive failures, and working memory.

Daniel B Wright¹, Jessica E Osborne

¹Psychology Department, University of Sussex, UK. danw@sussex.ac.uk

The American Journal of Psychology

|April 13, 2005

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This study found no significant link between personality traits like dissociation and cognitive failures and working memory interference. These cognitive and personality measures explained less than 10% of the variance in working memory performance.

Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Personality Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Understanding the interplay between personality traits and cognitive functions is crucial.
Dissociation and cognitive failures are personality dimensions that may impact executive functions.
Working memory is a key cognitive system susceptible to interference.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between dissociation, cognitive failures, and working memory interference.
To determine if personality traits predict susceptibility to secondary task interference in working memory.

Main Methods:

Utilized canonical and bivariate correlation analyses.
Assessed personality using dissociation and cognitive failure measures.
Measured working memory performance under secondary task conditions.

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Main Results:

Personality and cognitive measures were correlated with each other.
No systematic relationships were found between personality measures and working memory interference.
Upper confidence interval bounds indicated less than 10% shared variance.

Conclusions:

Dissociation and cognitive failures do not appear to systematically interfere with working memory.
Findings suggest limited overlap between these personality constructs and working memory load.
Implications for theories of dissociation and cognitive functioning require further investigation.