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In two experiments the influence of attentional demands at encoding on recall of different features of subject-performed tasks (SPTs) was studied. In Experiment 1, memory of verbs and colors of objects was tested, with object names serving as cues. In Experiment 2, object and color memory were tested, with verbs serving as cues. Results from both experiments indicated that SPTs were affected by divided attention at encoding. In contrast to previous research, verbal and physical properties of SPTs were not differently affected by the requirements of dual-task performance (i. e., the combination of an SPT task and a secondary task). The results are discussed in terms of the nature of the secondary task.
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Kormi-Nouri, R., Nilsson, LG. & Bäckman, L. The dual-conception view reexamined: attentional demands and the encoding of verbal and physical information in action events. Psychol. Res 57, 42–46 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452994
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