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Pr<strong>of</strong>. Greg Francis 8/16/11Irrelevant speech effect!! The presence <strong>of</strong> phonemes in thebackground is critical <strong>to</strong> the effect!!strong effect when background is spoken inGerman, even for English speakers!! Suggests that background phonemesinterfere in the PS!! Study with classical music if you needsomething!Visuospatial sketchpad!! Briefly holds visual and spatialinformation!! Important for tasks that requireinteraction with theenvironment or searching!! Properties seem <strong>to</strong> vary acrossindividuals!! VSS <strong>of</strong> video gamers differs fromnon-video gamersVisuospatialsketchpadCentralexecutivePhonologicalloopPurdue UniversityPurdue UniversityVisuospatial sketchpad!! West et al. (2009)!! Participants identify whether or notthe 2 second display contains a nonmoving“swimmer”!! Video Game Players!! Minimum 3-4 days a week!! Action video game!! Minimum 2 hours each day!! Non video game players!! Little <strong>to</strong> no video game usage in thepast 6 monthsPurdue UniversityVisuospatial sketchpad!! Video game players do better on the detection task!! Both do similar on noting the absence <strong>of</strong> the targetPercent1009080706050403020100HitsCorrectrejectionsPurdue UniversityVGPsNVGPsConclusions!! Data accounted for by phonological loop!! word length effect!! phonological similarity!! articula<strong>to</strong>ry suppression!! irrelevant speech effect!! Don’t listen <strong>to</strong> lyrical music while studying!! Classical music is fine!! Go ahead and play videogames!! There are limits, <strong>of</strong> courseNext time!! Review for Exam 2!! After exam 2!! Encoding specificity!! What <strong>to</strong> do if you are drunk while studying for anexam.Purdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPSY 200: Intro. <strong>to</strong> <strong>Cognitive</strong> <strong>Psychology</strong> 4

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