Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Spring 1974

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Experimental Psychology

Committee Chair

Richard V. Alumbaugh

Second Committee Member

Philip Tolin

Third Committee Member

Max Zwanziger

Abstract

Reaction times of 36 subjects in a recognition-memory task were used to evaluate the effects of extraneous stimulation and activity upon memory processes. No significant effect of noise on RT was suggested. A linear increase in reaction time as a function of memory load was found in all noise conditions. When the recognition-memory task was accompanied by a simultaneous shadowing task, a significant difference in the positive and negative reaction times was suggested.

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