Original paper
When enough is not enough: Information overload and metacognitive decisions to stop studying information.
Volume: 42, Issue: 6, Pages: 914 - 924
Published: Nov 23, 2015
Abstract
People are often exposed to more information than they can actually remember. Despite this frequent form of information overload, little is known about how much information people choose to remember. Using a novel "stop" paradigm, the current research examined whether and how people choose to stop receiving new-possibly overwhelming-information with the intent to maximize memory performance. Participants were presented with a long list of items...
Figures & Tables
Figure 1: Number of correctly remembered items as a function of condition (stop ...
Table 1 Participants’ Decision to Stop in the Stop Condition in Experiments 1–5
Paper Details
Title
When enough is not enough: Information overload and metacognitive decisions to stop studying information.
Published Date
Nov 23, 2015
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
914 - 924
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