Reduction of Environmental Distraction to Facilitate Cognitive Performance
When faced with a difficult task, people often look at the sky or close their eyes. This behavior is functional: the reduction of distractions in the environment can improve performance on cognitive tasks, including memory retrieval. Reduction of visual distractions can be operationalized through ey...
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| description | When faced with a difficult task, people often look at the sky or close their eyes. This behavior is functional: the reduction of distractions in the environment can improve performance on cognitive tasks, including memory retrieval. Reduction of visual distractions can be operationalized through eye-closure, gaze aversion, or by comparing exposure to simple and complex visual displays, respectively. Reduction of auditory distractions is typically examined by comparing performance under quiet and noisy conditions. Theoretical reasoning regarding this phenomenon draws on various psychological principles, including embodied cognition, cognitive load, and modality-specific interference. Practical applications of the research topic are diverse. For example, the findings could be used to improve performance in forensic settings (e.g., eyewitness testimony), educational settings (e.g., exam performance), occupational settings (e.g., employee productivity), or medical settings (e.g., medical history reporting). This Research Topic welcomes articles from all areas of psychology relating to the reduction of distractions to improve task performance. Articles can address (but are not limited to) new empirical findings, comprehensive reviews, theoretical frameworks, opinion pieces, or discussions of practical applications. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-579232024-03-29T08:01:14Z Reduction of Environmental Distraction to Facilitate Cognitive Performance Timothy John Hollins Annelies Vredeveldt BF1-990 Q1-390 distraction eye-closure eyewitness memory modality-specific interference Cognitive Load bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology When faced with a difficult task, people often look at the sky or close their eyes. This behavior is functional: the reduction of distractions in the environment can improve performance on cognitive tasks, including memory retrieval. Reduction of visual distractions can be operationalized through eye-closure, gaze aversion, or by comparing exposure to simple and complex visual displays, respectively. Reduction of auditory distractions is typically examined by comparing performance under quiet and noisy conditions. Theoretical reasoning regarding this phenomenon draws on various psychological principles, including embodied cognition, cognitive load, and modality-specific interference. Practical applications of the research topic are diverse. For example, the findings could be used to improve performance in forensic settings (e.g., eyewitness testimony), educational settings (e.g., exam performance), occupational settings (e.g., employee productivity), or medical settings (e.g., medical history reporting). This Research Topic welcomes articles from all areas of psychology relating to the reduction of distractions to improve task performance. Articles can address (but are not limited to) new empirical findings, comprehensive reviews, theoretical frameworks, opinion pieces, or discussions of practical applications. 2021-02-12T01:20:14Z 2021-02-12T01:20:14Z 2016-02-05 17:24:33 2015 book 18593 16648714 9782889194476 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57923 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International http://www.frontiersin.org/books/Reduction_of_Environmental_Distraction_to_Facilitate_Cognitive_Performance/479 http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/1507/reduction-of-environmental-distraction-to-facilitate-cognitive-performance Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88919-447-6 10.3389/978-2-88919-447-6 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889194476 94 open access |
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