Disruption of verbal-spatial serial memory by extraneous air-traffic speech

Tremblay, Sébastien, Parmentier, Fabrice B. R., Hodgetts, Helen Mary, Hughes, Robert Wyn and Jones, Dylan Marc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-5542 2012. Disruption of verbal-spatial serial memory by extraneous air-traffic speech. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 1 (2) , pp. 73-79. 10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.04.004

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Abstract

The disruptive impact of task-extraneous air-traffic radio speech on a task involving the serial-recall of combined verbal and spatial stimuli (7 letters and their locations) that were broadly analogous to information about aircraft callsigns and movements was examined. Regardless of the dimension to be recalled (identity or spatial location), accuracy was significantly disrupted by the air-traffic speech. Prior knowledge as to which dimension to recall did not affect accuracy and did not interact with the disruptive effect of air-traffic speech, but did extend the time to initiate a response to the first item. The results are discussed with reference to theories of the irrelevant sound effect and stimulus-dimension binding in short-term memory. The vulnerability of cognitive processing related to air-traffic management and similar work environments is also discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Short-term memory; Background speech; Binding; Air-traffic control
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2211-3681
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 09:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/30727

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