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DEAN MILLER 2ND MA PSYCHOLOGY NEUROPSYCHOLOGY MATRICULATION NUMBER: 02 203015 5 LECTURER: DOUG POTTER "THE ROLE OF WORKING MEMORY IN VISUAL SELECTIVE ATTENTION" "THE ROLE OF WORKING MEMORY IN VISUAL SELECTIVE ATTENTION" METHOD Design Within this experiment the Independent Variable was the working memory load of the participants. That is the type of number sequence shown to the participants. The Dependent Variable was the error rate of the participants at the end of the experiment. The experiment was a within subjects design. Participants The participants used in this experiment were second year Master of Art and Bachelor of Science psychology students. Many of the participants were therefore relatively young, although there was the odd exception. Out of around one hundred participants, 60 subjects' data was chosen to be analysed. However, 12 of these were excluded from the final analysis leaving 48. The 48 subjects were chosen at random. Apparatus The apparatus used in the experiment were fifteen workstations found in the University of...

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