PSYC 2650 Lecture 10: PSYCH 2650 LECTURE 10
4 Feb 2016
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Material related to the third lab, hypothesis. Neuropsychology (general) hypothesis - how do recognize objects (faces are unique) Slow reaction times on neutral trials show the costs of dividing attention between locations. The fact that you are dividing attention, takes more time! Correct and neutral can be disregarded as an advantage of focused or disadvantage for divided. Subjects are asked to do two things that overlap in time, and both require attentional resources. * ability to deicide are attention to both tasks. Iv: soa between task 1 and task 2. * it affects the performance task 1 (texting) what suffers is task 2 (driving) * short soa diagram -> task two (needs to know the frequency) and how to respond so the task needs to wait until you are done with the other resources. (slowing down in expense of another)
