Selective memory disrupted in intra-modal dual-task encoding conditions.

ABSTRACT: Given natural memory limitations, people can generally attend to and remember high-value over low-value information even when cognitive resources are depleted in older age and under divided attention during encoding, representing an important form of cognitive control. In the current study, we examined whether tasks requiring overlapping processing resources may impair the ability to selectively encode information in dual-task conditions. Participants in the divided-attention conditions of Experiment 1 completed auditory tone-distractor tasks that required them to discriminate between tones of different pitches (audio-nonspatial) or auditory channels (audio-spatial), while studying items in different locations in a grid (visual-spatial) differing in reward value. Results indicated that, wh

SUBMITTER: Siegel ALM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8460703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature