Turk, D. J., Brady-Van Den Bos, M., Collard, P., Gillespie-Smith, K., Conway, M. A. & Cunningham, S. J. (2013) Divided attention selectively impairs memory for self-relevant information. Memory & Cognition, 41(4), 503-510.
"the memory advantages associated with self-referential encoding are dependent on the availability of attentional resources."
How does this paper resonate with my head?
- Self-referencing is attentionally demanding and could thus compete with other attentionally demanding task. Worst of all, don't know about for the normal, self-referencing info are prioritized.
- The memory advantage of self-associated items is possibly what contribute to my plights... (the fuzzy boundary between good and bad)
- Given the need for the attentional resource, does the need to engage in other attentional demanding task depletes the "advantage" of self-referenced items? Based on my "field" experiences such as working at large, yes, when highly focused on my work, I could attempt to minimize the impacts of self-related items... though it ain't fail-safe.
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