Competing with reasoning: A test of the working memory hypothesis
Current PsychologyPublished 1 April 1981
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans, Philip G. Brooks
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Abstract
An experiment is reported in which subjects attempted conditional reasoning problems while concurrently articulating a series of digits, with or without memory load. Logical performance was not impaired by the competing tasks and the latency of responding was actually faster under concurrent articulation, without memory load, than in a control group. The results are discussed with reference to the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) model of working memory.
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