Effects of simultaneous and delayed auditory interference on recall and recognition of visually presented stimuli using related and unrelated categories
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- Algoma University Archives > Algoma University Theses collection > Psychology series > Effects of simultaneous and delayed auditory interference on recall and recognition of visually presented stimuli using related and unrelated categories
- Creator
- Melissa A Slobodecki, Melissa Slobodecki
- Date
- 2003
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- 1.71 MB of textual records (PDF)
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- Electronic record, Textual record
- Language(s)
- English
- Bibliographic Information
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:, OSTMA-PSYC-Slobodecki-Melissa-A-20030402
- Descriptive Notes
- Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 2003. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Includes figures and tables. -- Contents: Literature review / Thesis.
- Do timing and similarity of interference affect memory? A total of 70 participants, mainly introductory psychology students, were presented with a list of 25 words one at a time on a computer screen. Four groups heard interference words that were either related or unrelated to the target visual word; auditory interference was presented either simultaneously with the visual word or 1.5 seconds later. A fifth (control) group received no auditory interference. Memory for the visually-presented words was tested by both recall and recognition. No statistically significant differences were found.