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Prerika R. Sharma; Emily R. Spearing; Kimberley A. Wade; Laura Jobson – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Accuracy of memory is critical in legal and clinical contexts. These contexts are often linked with high levels of emotional distress and social sources that can provide potentially distorting information about stressful events. This study investigated how distress was associated with susceptibility to misinformation about a trauma analogue event.…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Stress Variables, Misinformation, Risk
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Nicholas J. Wyche; Mark Edwards; Stephanie C. Goodhew – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The Useful Field of View task (UFOV) is a strong and reliable predictor of crash risk in older drivers. However, while the functional domain of attention is clearly implicated in UFOV performance, the potential role of one specific attentional process remains unclear: attentional breadth (the spatial extent of the attended region around the point…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Older Adults, Attention Control, Risk
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Wolfe, Benjamin; Kosovicheva, Anna; Stent, Simon; Rosenholtz, Ruth – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
While driving, dangerous situations can occur quickly, and giving drivers extra time to respond may make the road safer for everyone. Extensive research on attentional cueing in cognitive psychology has shown that targets are detected faster when preceded by a spatially valid cue, and slower when preceded by an invalid cue. However, it is unknown…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Cues, Attention, Reaction Time