Investigating the effect of auditory intrusion (irrelevant speech/sound effect) and personality on working memory whilst observing neurological and physiological markers
Year: 2012
Type: report
Abstract: The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of varying auditory interference and\npersonality on performance in a cognitive memory test whilst observing individual differences in\nEEG, GSR and pulse rate readings. The effect of auditory interference on working memory\ntasks is called the irrelevant sound effect. A quantitative within subjects design was employed to\nassess the phenomenon of the irrelevant sound effect on free recall. Three separate presentations\nof a list of twenty words per presentation were presented to each participant whilst auditory\nintrusion was introduced during the display of the words and continued through the recall time.\nThe level of recall was then analysed. The participants were 30 employed people in Dublin,\nIreland from a sample of convenience and each participant completed The Big Five Taxonomy,\n(John& Srivastava, 1999). Their scores on the personality questionnaire were analysed together\nwith their level of recall and EEG, GSR and Pulse rate readings. The results of this study did not\nreveal the irrelevant sound effect on free recall, however other significant correlations were\nfound. Author keywords: Neurological, irrelevant sound effect, personality, EEG
Source: eSource (Dublin Business School)
Author: Ruth Carroll
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1537500305