Kattner, Florian ; Hanl, Sarah ; Paul, Linda ; Ellermeier, Wolfgang (2024)
Task-specific auditory distraction in serial recall and mental arithmetic.
In: Memory & Cognition, 2023, 51 (4)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00028179
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Previous studies suggest that task-irrelevant changing-state sound interferes specifically with the processing of serial order information in the focal task (e.g., serial recall from short-term memory), whereas a deviant sound in the auditory background is supposed to divert central attention, thus producing distraction in various types of cognitive tasks. Much of the evidence for this distinction rests on the observed dissociations in auditory distraction between serial and non-serial short-term memory tasks. In this study, both the changing-state effect and the deviation effect were contrasted between serial digit recall and mental arithmetic tasks. In three experiments (two conducted online), changing-state sound was found to disrupt serial recall, but it did not lead to a general decrement in performance in different mental arithmetic tasks. In contrast, a deviant voice in the stream of irrelevant speech sounds did not cause reliable distraction in serial recall and simple addition/subtraction tasks, but it did disrupt a more demanding mental arithmetic task. Specifically, the evaluation of math equations (multiplication and addition/subtraction), which was combined with a pair-associate memory task to increase the task demand, was found to be susceptible to auditory distraction in participants who did not serially rehearse the pair-associates. Together, the results support the assumption that the interference produced by changing-state sound is highly specific to tasks that require serial-order processing, whereas auditory deviants may cause attentional capture primarily in highly demanding cognitive tasks (e.g., mental arithmetic) that cannot be solved through serial rehearsal.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2024 |
| Autor(en): | Kattner, Florian ; Hanl, Sarah ; Paul, Linda ; Ellermeier, Wolfgang |
| Art des Eintrags: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Task-specific auditory distraction in serial recall and mental arithmetic |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 17 Dezember 2024 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: | Mai 2023 |
| Ort der Erstveröffentlichung: | Heidelberg |
| Verlag: | Springer |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Memory & Cognition |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 51 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 4 |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00028179 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/28179 |
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| Herkunft: | Zweitveröffentlichung DeepGreen |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Previous studies suggest that task-irrelevant changing-state sound interferes specifically with the processing of serial order information in the focal task (e.g., serial recall from short-term memory), whereas a deviant sound in the auditory background is supposed to divert central attention, thus producing distraction in various types of cognitive tasks. Much of the evidence for this distinction rests on the observed dissociations in auditory distraction between serial and non-serial short-term memory tasks. In this study, both the changing-state effect and the deviation effect were contrasted between serial digit recall and mental arithmetic tasks. In three experiments (two conducted online), changing-state sound was found to disrupt serial recall, but it did not lead to a general decrement in performance in different mental arithmetic tasks. In contrast, a deviant voice in the stream of irrelevant speech sounds did not cause reliable distraction in serial recall and simple addition/subtraction tasks, but it did disrupt a more demanding mental arithmetic task. Specifically, the evaluation of math equations (multiplication and addition/subtraction), which was combined with a pair-associate memory task to increase the task demand, was found to be susceptible to auditory distraction in participants who did not serially rehearse the pair-associates. Together, the results support the assumption that the interference produced by changing-state sound is highly specific to tasks that require serial-order processing, whereas auditory deviants may cause attentional capture primarily in highly demanding cognitive tasks (e.g., mental arithmetic) that cannot be solved through serial rehearsal. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | Irrelevant sound effect, Auditory distraction, Serial recall, Mental arithmetic, Changing-state effect, Deviation effect |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-281794 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie > Angewandte Kognitionspsychologie |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 17 Dez 2024 13:01 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 21 Dez 2024 18:58 |
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