Reduction of Environmental Distraction to Facilitate Cognitive Performance

• मुख्य लेखक: Timothy John Hollins (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Annelies Vredeveldt (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Psychology; distraction; eye-closure; eyewitness memory; modality-specific interference; Cognitive Load
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...