Reduction of Environmental Distraction to Facilitate Cognitive Performance

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Timothy John Hollins (auth)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Annelies Vredeveldt (auth)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Κεφάλαιο βιβλίου
• Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά
• Έκδοση: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Σειρά: Frontiers Research Topics
• Θέματα: Psychology; distraction; eye-closure; eyewitness memory; modality-specific interference; Cognitive Load
• Διαθέσιμο Online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

When faced with a difficult task, people often look at the sky or close their eyes. This behavior is functional: the reduction of distractions in the environment can improve performance on cognitive tasks, including memory retrieval. Reduction of visual distractions can be operationalized through ey...