PSYC 2P20 Lecture Notes - Scotoma
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Breaking the bottleneck: expertise: spelke et al. (1976, 2 volunteers trained on combinations of unfamiliar tasks (reading comprehension and writing to diction, after 6 weeks of practice, no issue performing both takes simultaneously, when certain tasks become automized it is easier to do something else, and doing two things together frequently automizes them. Breaking the bottleneck: diffusion: olivers & neiuwenhuis (2006, ab task while thinking of vacation or focusing on task, second stud had participants keep an object in their memory while performing an ab task, group that performed additional tasks or diffused their attention showed smaller abs. Breaking the bottleneck: diffusion: dale & arnell (2010, ab and global (big h)/ local (little t, individuals with a global precedence showed smaller abs, therefore, naturally broadening attention allows for better multi target selection (dual task attention, show similar pattern with people who meditate, are naturally positive, and who are high in openness to experience.