Abstract: One of the most persisting sequelae of closed head injury (CHI) is a general slowing of information processing. With neuropsychological testing, the effect is already apparent in simple reaction time tests. The slowing is more pronounced in ...
Abstract: A computerized dual-task procedure for the assessment of divided attention is described, which does not only allow for the concurrent presentation of visual and auditory stimuli, but also, by supplying two response keys, for the simultaneous ...
We used a multivariate analysis technique, partial least squares (PLS), to identify distributed patterns of brain activity associated with retrieval effort and retrieval success. Participants performed a recognition memory task under full attention (FA) ...
False memories occur when individuals mistakenly report an event as having taken place when that event did not in fact occur. The DRM (Deese, 1959; Roediger & McDermott, 1995) paradigm provides an effective technique for creating and investigating false ...
Although it may seem paradoxical, the unified-focus and multiple-foci theories of spatial selective attention are both well supported by experimental evidence. However, the apparent contradiction is illusory and the two competing views may be reconciled ...
Abstract: When we look at a picture, we tend to remember it by enriching the constructed mental representation with elements not present but probable outside the current view. The tendency to remember the perceived view with a broader scope is known as ...