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Exploring the different pool of resources used when carrying out a dual task study. Not all information that the brain receives can be processed significantly. The brain contains a limited capacity central processor responsible for processing, and integrating information that is held in memory. By carrying out a dual task study it will be possible to explore whether there is a single pool of resources that is allocated to a task via a central processor. As it is sometimes possible to do two things at once the performance of participants was recorded in seconds to the presentation of 2 different conditions. The participants were asked to tick a word and dependent on the condition the word was either a colour (condition 1) or a number (condition 2) at the same time simple mathematical questions were asked to the participants as they completed the word lists. The results showed there was not...

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