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Low-salience distractors presented during encoding

Intervention

1 paper2 findings

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  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: University of Nevada, Reno
  • Humans1

Outcomes

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Reaction time

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Low-salience distractors presented during encoding increases reaction time in humans.

    “low-salience distractors presented during encoding produced robust decrements in accuracy and increases in reaction time.”

    Human trial

    Older adults are impaired by distractors presented during working memory encoding

    Psychological research28 Oct 2025

Accuracy

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Low-salience distractors presented during encoding decreases accuracy in humans.

    “low-salience distractors presented during encoding produced robust decrements in accuracy and increases in reaction time.”

    Human trial

    Older adults are impaired by distractors presented during working memory encoding

    Psychological research28 Oct 2025

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