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2022 , Vol. 20 >Issue 4: 433 - 440

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.04.001

The Influence of Media Multitasking Experience on Implicit Memory in Different Attention Patterns

  • LI Shiyi ,
  • XIE Yanfeng ,
  • ZHAO Guang ,
  • BAI Xuejun
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  • 1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
    2. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
    3. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387

Received date: 2021-11-27

  Online published: 2022-07-20

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Abstract

In this study, the classic contextual cueing paradigm was used to investigate the implicit memory of different media multitaskers in the distributed attention mode (limited eye movement) and focused attention mode(free viewing). In experiment 1, participants could freely move their eyes and search the target in the learning phase. On the contrary, participants were required to fixate the screen center and use peripheral vision for search in the testing phase. Experiment 2 reversed the conditions of attention in the learning and testing stages. The current results revealed that heavy media multitaskers showed contextual cueing effect in both attention modes while light media multitaskers only showed such effect in the focused attention mode. The results showed that heavy media multitaskers had better performance on the contextual cueing effect task under the distributed attention mode, indicating that heavy media multitaskers have some specific cognitive advantages.

Key words： media multitasking; implicit memory; eye movements; attention mode; contextual cuing effect

Cite this article

LI Shiyi , XIE Yanfeng , ZHAO Guang , BAI Xuejun . The Influence of Media Multitasking Experience on Implicit Memory in Different Attention Patterns[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022 , 20(4) : 433 -440 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.04.001

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