The role of cognitive load and memory capacity in negative priming

• Authors: Kossowska M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The following hypotheses were tested in two consecutive experiments: first, that individual differences in the amount of cognitive resources possible to allocate to an activity or process correspond to individual differences in negative priming effect, and second, that negative priming is sensitive to cognitive load. The results suggest that the amount of negative priming effect results from the allocation of cognitive resources and that individual differences in cognitive capacity is related to the ability to efficiently handle irrelevant information. Additionally, the results support the assumptions that cognitive load decreases the negative priming effect.

Keywords

EN

COGNITIVE LOAD; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE CAPACITY; NEGATIVE PRIMING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 15-23
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kossowska M.

• M. Kossowska, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Psychologii, al. Mickiewicza 3, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02354917