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Ellenbogen, Ravid; Meiran, Nachshon – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
The backward-compatibility effect (BCE) is a major index of parallel processing in dual tasks and is related to the dependency of Task 1 performance on Task 2 response codes (Hommel, 1998). The results of four dual-task experiments showed that a BCE occurs when the stimuli of both tasks are included in the same visual object (Experiments 1 and 2)…
Descriptors: Evidence, Stimuli, Attention, Experimental Psychology
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Katzir, Maayan; Eyal, Tal; Meiran, Nachshon; Kessler, Yoav – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2010
"Inhibitory control" is a cognitive mechanism that contributes to successful self-control (i.e., adherence to a long-term goal in the face of an interfering short-term goal). This research explored the effect of imagined positive emotional events on inhibition. The authors proposed that the influence of imagined emotions on inhibition…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Psychological Patterns, Experiments, Experimental Psychology