Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 1 Categorization and distortion rating of prototypical and distorted symbols

From: Schema-related cognitive load influences performance, speech, and physiology in a dual-task setting: A continuous multi-measure approach

Dist.	Circle			Square			Star			Triangle
Dist.	%	M	SD	%	M	SD	%	M	SD	%	M	SD
0	100	1.09	0.38	100	1.12	0.72	97.3	1.03	0.16	100	1.03	0.16
– 30	100	2.45	1.04	100	2.82	1.03	100	1.49	0.82	100	2.28	0.77
30	98.7	2.20	0.98	98.7	2.76	1.07	100	1.27	0.45	100	2.81	1.18
– 60	100	3.27	1.31	98.7	3.77	1.17	100	2.14	1.24	98.7	3.14	1.16
60	100	3.18	1.33	100	3.72	1.28	100	2.08	1.16	94.7	4.03	1.24
– 90	100	3.69	1.33	100	4.65	1.21	100	2.32	1.25	100	3.46	1.28
90	98.7	3.70	1.32	97.3	4.53	1.40	98.7	3.61	1.50	98.7	4.59	1.32

Dist. severity of outward or inward distortion, % percentage of correct categorizations, M mean of distortion rating, SD standard deviation of distortion rating

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