The Workload Capacity of Semantic Search in Convergent Thinking

L Shang; DR Little; ME Webb; A Eidels; CT Yang

Journal article

The Workload Capacity of Semantic Search in Convergent Thinking

L Shang, DR Little, ME Webb, A Eidels, CT Yang

Journal of Experimental Psychology General | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1037/xge0001045

Abstract

The present study used Systems Factorial Technology (Townsend & Nozawa, 1995) to investigate howpeople combine dual cues in semantic memory search. Our aims were (a) to understand how cues interactduring the process of semantic search in convergent thinking and (b) to determine how workloadcapacity (i.e. cue-processing efficiency) is related to search performance. In two experiments, participantscompleted a typical convergent thinking test and a word production task. The results revealedthat: (a) collective evidence supports similar patterns in cue-combination strategy despite individual differencesin workload capacity, and (b) there exists a negative correlation between workload capacityand..

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Daniel Little Author

Margaret Elizabeth Webb Author

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Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grants from China Scholarship Council to Linlin Shang, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 105-2410-H-006-020-MY2, MOST 107-2410-H-006-055-MY2, 109-2410-H006 -049 -MY3, and 109-2511-H-006 -002 -MY2 to Cheng-Ta Yang) and Australian Research Council (Discovery Project Grant DP160102360 to Daniel R. Little and Ami Eidels).