Effect of distraction on reading versus listening

Effect of distraction on reading versus listening

B. A. Levy's experiments in which a distracting task (counting aloud) interfered more with reading than with listening were interpreted as evidence of the importance of phonological recording during reading. The present partial replication varied the nature of the distracting task, using 1 task...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 613 - 618
Main Authors: Margolin, Carrie M, Griebel, Barbara, Wolford, George
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Psychological Association 01-11-1982
Subjects:
Attention
Auditory Perception
Distraction
Electroshock
Experimental Replication
Human
Humans
Mental Recall
Motor Skills
Reading
Speech Perception
Verbal Behavior
Verbal Communication
Visual Perception
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Summary:B. A. Levy's experiments in which a distracting task (counting aloud) interfered more with reading than with listening were interpreted as evidence of the importance of phonological recording during reading. The present partial replication varied the nature of the distracting task, using 1 task related to speech (counting aloud) and 1 task not related to speech (manual response to a threshold shock). Ss were 32 undergraduates. Both distracting tasks led to more interference with reading than listening. The selective interference effect is ascribed to the relative difficulty of reading over listening rather than to the importance of speech recoding in reading. (18 ref)
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ISSN:0278-7393
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/0278-7393.8.6.613