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Existence of a Particular Pool of Resources to Process Numeric Information
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Existence of a Particular Pool of Resources to Process Numeric Information Clive H.Y. Wong (UID:03502017) DSE212 - Exploring Psychology Abstract Information processing power of human brain had been found to be limited (Kahneman, 1973, Simons and Levin, 1998, cited by Edgar 2002). Some researches tried to show the human brain was work as a single limited-capacity central processor (Posner and Boies, 1971, cited by Edgar 2002) while further researches found that human brain consisted of different pool of resources to handle different incoming information (McLeod, 1977, cited by Edgar 2002). In this research, the dual-task method (McLeod, 1977, Posner and Boies, 1971, cited by Edgar 2002) had been adapted to further explore the concept by injecting similar stimulus, expecting to consume the same pool of resources which handled numbers. Experiment contained two stimuli, visual and auditory, both numeric in one condition and numeric versus color in another condition. It was expected the participants take...
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