... This is supportive of the claim that different pools of resources are available for different types of tasks as opposed to all tasks drawing on a single central pool of resources. Method Design Using a between-participants design a dual task study was conducted. The independent variable was made up of 2 conditions; condition 1 was a visual task and consisted of a list of words. The participants were asked to tick the words that were the name of a colour. At the same time simple mathematical questions were asked to the participant as they worked through the tick list. Condition 2 was also a visual task comprising of a list of words and the participant was asked to tick the words that were a number. At the same time simple mathematical questions were asked to the participants as they worked through the tick list. The dependant variable was the time taken to complete ...

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