Which of the following students provides the most accurate summary about the relationship between divided attention and memory performance?

a. Osman: "Divided attention has relatively little effect on long-term recall."
b. Shawn: "Divided attention can reduce your ability to process stimuli."
c. Shuo: "Divided attention during encoding has no impact on recall, but divided attention during retrieval does lead to a decrease in long-term recall."
d. Candace: "Many people show enhanced long-term recall if they experience divided attention during encoding."


Ans: b

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