Attentional demands and recall of verbal and color information in action events

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1993.tb01119.x
• Publication Date: 2008-05-01T09:05:15Z
• Authors: LARS BÄCKMAN; LARS‐GÖRAN NILSSON; REZA KORMI NOURI
• Keywords: Affect; Encoding specificity principle; Recall test

Two experiments addressed the influence of secondary task performance at encoding on recall different features subject‐performed tasks (SPTs) involving objects (e.g., turn wallet). In Experiment 1, memory for verbs and colors was assessed, with object names serving as cues. 2, color were Results from both indicated a greater deterioration under divided attention verbal than colors. addition, intention to remember did not affect any feature in either experiment. The overall pattern outcome is discussed relative view that SPTs more attention‐demanding physical features, such color.