The Effects of Divided Attention and Selective Attention on the Accuracy of Memory

Zhuxuan Ji; Hong Huang; Zizhan Wang

doi:10.2991/assehr.k.211220.263

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The Effects of Divided Attention and Selective Attention on the Accuracy of Memory

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Zhuxuan Ji¹^{, *}^{, †}, Hong Huang²^{, †}, Zizhan Wang³^{, †}

¹All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast, 4213, Australia

²Quanzhou No.5 HighSchool, Quanzhou, Fujian, China

³Xi’an Gaoxin NO.1 High School Fengdong High school, Xi’an, China

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These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author. Email: 020554@asas.qld.edu.au

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Zhuxuan Ji

Available Online 24 December 2021.

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Keywords: Divided attention; Selective attention; Memory
Abstract: Previous research has shown that memory accuracy can be affected by distracting attention. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effects of different types of attention during the encoding stage of memory on memory accuracy (the accuracy of recalled words). Sixteen (eight male and eight female) senior school students were randomly and equally assigned to an experimental group (divided attention group) and a control group (selective attention group). Listening to music as a popular interference is utilized to divide an individual’s attention in this experiment. Both selective and divided attention group participants were asked to memorize several English words in a certain period. However, the divided attention group participants were set to have an interference while listening to the words, whereas there was no interference in the selective attention group. Compared to the control group, the selective attention on words correctly recalling had a significantly higher mean score than the mean score of the divided attention (p<0.05). This finding suggests that the effects of the divided attention during the encoding stage on the accuracy of retrieved memory are negative compared to selective attention.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 24 December 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN: 2352-5398
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