Perceptual deficit due to division of attention between memory and perception.

Abstract

Administered a perceptual recognition task to 16 male undergraduates and a comparative judgment task to 16 male and 16 female undergraduates. Performance was studied as a function of the information storage demands made by a concurrently performed short-term memory task. Performance on the perceptual tasks was inversely related to memory load both when recognition rate was the dependent variable and when RT was measured under conditions of nearly errorless performance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)