Year: 1972
Type: article
Abstract: It was examined how 3-hr.sensory overload (SO), in comparison with 3-hr.sensory deprivation (SD), would affect the mental functions.Three tests were used: the memory, the rule learning, and the key-tapping.I. With regard to the memory, there was no signfiicant difference between SO group and SD group in the immediate memory as well as in the memorization of new material.This indicates that both SO and SD have little or no effect upon the basic memory processes like the immediate memory and memorization.A difference between two groups was found in the recall in some parts of serial position about the retention of previously learned lists.By this it was interpreted that SO might have a more deteriorating effect upon the retention than SD.2. SO group did better concerning the rule learning than SD group.This implies that SO might have a less deteriorating effect upon thinking than SD.3. In the key-tapping, SO showed an increasing tendency in the number of tappings, while SD did so only in a certain condition.It was suggested that an important factor in the performance of the simple motor task like the key-tapping, might be a level of arousal at the time of doing that task.
Author: SAITO, SHUN-ICHI
Institution: Tohoku Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7146187003