Listening to two-talker conversations in quiet settings: the role of listeners' cognitive processing capabilities for memory and listening effort.

ABSTRACT: Listening to conversing talkers in quiet environments and remembering the content is a common activity. However, research on the cognitive demands involved is limited. This study investigates the relevance of individuals' cognitive functions for listeners' memory of two-talker conversations and their listening effort in quiet listening settings. A dual-task paradigm was employed to explore memory of conversational content and listening effort while analyzing the role of participants' (n = 29) working memory capacity (measured through the operation span task), attention (Frankfurt attention inventory 2), and information-processing speed (trail making test). In the primary task, participants listened to a conversation between a male and female talker and answered content-related questions. T

SUBMITTER: Mohanathasan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11445257 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature