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Objective: Test whether the well-established effects of divided attention 1, 2. (DA) found with non-musical (i.e., verbal and pictorial) materials generalized to musical melodies.

Background: Few studies have used melodies to test recognition models (e.g., DPSD). Parks et al.2 showed stimulus complexity alters source memory reliance on recollection (R) and familiarity (F).

Method: Used a 2 (attention) x 2 (melody type) mixed design with an old-new recognition test to compare DA effects across well-known and novel melodies.

Experiment 1: Applied an n-back task to split participants’ attention; no significant DA effect was observed.

Experiment 2: Shortened melody length and added a simultaneous DA task to address ceiling performance issues from Experiment 1.

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

Publication Date

Spring 5-2-2025

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Controlled Subject

Memory; Cognitive psychology

Disciplines

Cognitive Psychology | Psychology

File Format

pdf

File Size

535 KB

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Mentor: [Colleen Parks]

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Divided Attention With Long-Term Memory: Recollection and Familiarity for Musical Melodies


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