PSYCH 2H03 Lecture Notes - Spatial Analysis, Prefrontal Cortex, Ecall

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2H03
• Professor: Judith Shedden

Document Summary

Shadowing task (allport, antonis & reynolds, 1972) Shadow words presented in one ear while simultaneously memorizing a list. List presented to the other ear (hear words + hear words = difficult) List presented visually (hear words + see words = easier) Pictures presented visually (hear words + see pictures = easiest) Spatial & verbal components of the act of recall (brooks, 1968) Perform verbal task requiring verbal or spatial responses. Perform spatial task requiring verbal or spatial responses. Start at the corner indicated by the star and follow the words. arrow. Evidence for task- specific mental resources: verbal response use the same pool of resources). Can only be used for one task at a time (i. e. response selection ) Cannot do the tasks simultaneously (the selection of tasks is difficult) The delay b/w tasks is the psychological refractory period (prp) Starting task 1 draws resources from task 2.