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Direct linkSoares, Julia S.; Storm, Benjamin C. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
Fidget spinners have experienced a rapid rise in popularity, at least partially because they are marketed as attentional aides with the potential to enhance student learning. In the current study, college-aged students watched educational videos while either using a fidget spinner or not. Using a fidget spinner was associated with increased…
Descriptors: Object Manipulation, College Students, Video Technology, Attention
Akram, Zara; McClelland, Alastair; Furnham, Adrian – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2018
The current study focused on whether fear-inducing content in television advertisements leads to better memory for the advertisement but also impairs memory for programme information that either precedes the advertisements (retroactive interference) or that follows the advertisements (proactive interference). Fifty-four participants (48 female)…
Descriptors: Fear, Advertising, Television, Memory
Jarosz, Andrew F.; Jaeger, Allison J. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Word problems embed a math equation within a short narrative. Due to their structure, both numerical and linguistic factors can contribute to problem difficulty. The present studies explored the role of irrelevant information in word problems, to determine whether its negative impact is due to numerical (foregrounding hypothesis) or linguistic…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Equations (Mathematics), Interference (Learning), Memory
Liu, Xiaoxing; Thomas, Geb W.; Cook, Susan W. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2018
Pointing to locations can either help or hinder people's ability to recall spatial information. Prior research has focused on two-dimensional spatial memory and pointing in real world tasks. The effect of pointing on three-dimensional spatial memory in virtual environments remains unexplored. We examine this effect by comparing participants'…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Short Term Memory, Virtual Classrooms, Recall (Psychology)
