Enhancing Cognitive Performance by Information Management Techniques.
Abstract
Ten experimental groups totaling 200 subjects were given free recall tasks with different information about list length. Manipulations consisted of exact information, discouraging information, and no information, as well as information on route, and encouraging and discouraging disconfirmation during the task proper. Information management principles that were effective in enhancing endurance of stressful tasks were successfully applied to the area of free recall. Information conditions significantly affected performance. The conceptual framework focusing on the role of information in determining expected effort, resource mobilization, and within tasks resource allocation, was found useful in generalizing from earlier studies that enhanced endurance, to the present one. It suggests a variety of potentially effective interventions aiming at maximizing performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA309122
Entities
People
- Hasida Ben-zur
- Naomi Vardi
- Shlomo Breznitz
Organizations
- University of Haifa