Experiment 3 Bireta and Massei 2016 Experiment 3

Experiment 3 Bireta and Massei (2016)

Experiment 3 • 126 participants • You saw 12 word lists with a target word in position 7 of each list; half of the trials were full attention, half were divided attention • Words were presented at a rate of 1/second • Overall there were: • • 3 semantically related targets with full attention 3 semantically related targets with divided attention 3 distinct words with full attention 3 distinct words with divided attention

Procedure • You are going to see 12 ten-word lists presented on Top Hat one at a time. Please read each word silently to yourself • At the end of each list, type in the words you remember, in the order the were presented, SEPARATING EACH WORD WITH A SPACE • Before some lists, you will see a number. This indicates that you should count backwards out loud from that number until you are prompted recall the list

List 1 347

List 1 magazine

List 1 book

List 1 newspaper

List 1 novel

List 1 journal

List 1 article

List 1 textbook

List 1 pamphlet

List 1 internet

List 1 comic

RECALL

List 2 shirt

List 2 pants

List 2 socks

List 2 underwear

List 2 shoes

List 2 hat

List 2 trombone

List 2 shorts

List 2 jacket

List 2 sweater

RECALL

List 3 chair

List 3 table

List 3 couch

List 3 bed

List 3 desk

List 3 sofa

List 3 dresser

List 3 Coffee table

List 3 lamp

List 3 stool

RECALL

List 4 285

List 4 drums

List 4 guitar

List 4 flute

List 4 piano

List 4 trumpet

List 4 clarinet

List 4 jeans

List 4 violin

List 4 tuba

List 4 cello

RECALL

List 5 521

List 5 knife

List 5 fork

List 5 spoon

List 5 spatula

List 5 pan

List 5 pot

List 5 ear

List 5 blender

List 5 plate

List 5 bowl

RECALL

List 6 diamond

List 6 ruby

List 6 emerald

List 6 sapphire

List 6 pearl

List 6 gemstone

List 6 jade

List 6 gold

List 6 topaz

List 6 silver

RECALL

List 7 uncle

List 7 aunt

List 7 cousin

List 7 mom

List 7 grandmother

List 7 dad

List 7 nephew

List 7 grandfather

List 7 son

List 7 daughter

RECALL

List 8 639

List 8 leg

List 8 arm

List 8 foot

List 8 finger

List 8 head

List 8 toe

List 8 policeman

List 8 eye

List 8 hand

List 8 nose

RECALL

List 9 apple

List 9 orange

List 9 banana

List 9 grape

List 9 pear

List 9 peach

List 9 can opener

List 9 strawberry

List 9 kiwi

List 9 watermelon

RECALL

List 10 179

List 10 dog

List 10 cat

List 10 horse

List 10 lion

List 10 bear

List 10 tiger

List 10 cow

List 10 elephant

List 10 mouse

List 10 giraffe

RECALL

List 11 612

List 11 hour

List 11 second

List 11 minute

List 11 year

List 11 day

List 11 month

List 11 week

List 11 decade

List 11 century

List 11 millisecond

RECALL

List 12 doctor

List 12 lawyer

List 12 teacher

List 12 nurse

List 12 fireman

List 12 accountant

List 12 lemon

List 12 professor

List 12 dentist

List 12 engineer

RECALL

Participant information

Paired-samples t-test Effect of divided attention (collapsed across word-type) on recall

Paired samples t-test: Effect of distinctiveness on recall with full attention

Paired samples t-test: Effect of distinctiveness on recall with divided attention