Noun
distractor (plural distractors)
Alternative spelling of distracter
After the final word-pair, subjects had to do the multiplication distractor task for 20 seconds. Source: Internet
As evidence, they provided the results of their experiment, in which the long-term recency effect disappeared when the distractor after the last item differed from the distractors that preceded and followed all the other items (e. Source: Internet
However, when distractor tasks are placed before and after each item, the recency effect returns, because all the list items once again have similar processing context. Source: Internet
At the same time, retrieval cues for these items are no longer as effective as without the distractor. Source: Internet
Subjects were presented with four study-test periods of 10 word lists, with a continual distractor task (20-second period of counting-backward). Source: Internet