... experimental hypothesis, but the experiment is evaluated and refinement on the methodology is discussed. Introduction (Provided) Method Design A between-participants design was employed in this experiment. The independent variable was the nature of responses of the participant on the dual tasks presented. A visual task and an auditory task were presented to the participant. Visual task for condition 1 was that participants were requested to place a tick near the words of color on a list of words. For condition 2, instead, participants were requested to place a tick near the words of number. The auditory task was common for both conditions. A series of mathematical questions were read by the researcher and the participants had to answer as they heard. Both tasks were performed simultaneously. The natures of responses for both tasks in condition 2 were number, while for condition one, the response for visual task was color. The dependent variable was the time taken ...

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