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Processing demands associated with relational complexity: Testing predictions with dual-task methodologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

Daniel B. Berch  and
Elizabeth J. Foley
Daniel B. Berch
Affiliation:
Child Development and Behavior Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510 db254g@nih.gov
Elizabeth J. Foley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0376
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Abstract

We discuss how modified dual-task approaches may be used to verify the degree to which cognitive tasks are capacity demanding. We also delineate some of the complexities associated with the use of the “double easy-to-hard” paradigm for testing claim of Halford, Wilson & Phillips that hierarchical reasoning imposes processing demands equivalent to those of transitive reasoning.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 832 - 833
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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