In:
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, SAGE Publications, Vol. 50, No. 1 ( 1997-02), p. 79-99
Abstract:
Interference in serial spatial memory was investigated in six experiments. Experiment 1 replicated Experiment 2 by Smyth and Scholey (1994) in showing that listening to tones that originated from different directions interfered with spatial memory. Experiment 2 showed, however, that the effect of mere listening was not observed when this was the only interference condition experienced by the subject. In Experiment 3, a binary pitch discrimination task performed on spatially separated tones impaired recall performance to the same extent as did left-right decisions. The same disrupting effect was also observed when the tones were presented from the same direction in the pitch discrimination task (Experiment 4) as well as in a binary loudness discrimination task (Experiment 5). Finally, repeating heard words did not interfere, whereas a pitch discrimination performed on these same words disrupted recall (Experiment 6). It is argued that the disrupting effects reflect not a specifically spatial interference, but a central executive involvement in the rehearsal process in serial spatial memory.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0272-4987
,
1464-0740
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1997
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1467172-4
SSG:
5,2
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