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Efrat Barel1, Orna Tzischinsky1
1Department of Behavioral Sciences, The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Emek Yezreel 19300, Israel.
Brain Sciences
|March 8, 2020
Summary
Sustained attention enhances incidental object-location memory encoding under divided attention. However, this effect was not observed for intentional memory encoding, suggesting specific conditions influence executive attention’s role.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Object-location memory encoding is influenced by attention allocation.
- The relationship between sustained attention and memory encoding, particularly under divided attention, is under-explored.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate performance differences in object-location memory between incidental and intentional encoding under divided attention.
- Examine the correlation between sustained attention and memory performance in both encoding conditions.
Main Methods:
- Forty-nine women completed the psychomotor vigilance test and object-location memory tests.
- Participants underwent incidental and intentional encoding under a divided attention paradigm.
Main Results:
- Object-location memory performance was higher in the incidental encoding condition compared to the intentional encoding condition.
- Sustained attention positively correlated with incidental memory performance but not with intentional memory performance.
Conclusions:
- Under divided attention, executive attention is linked to incidental, but not intentional, object-location memory encoding.
- Findings support the automaticity hypothesis regarding attention's role in memory encoding under high cognitive load.
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