Task-irrelevant decorative pictures increase cognitive load during text processing but have no effects on learning or working memory performance: an EEG and eye-tracking study.

Psychol Res · 2024 · PMC11142986 · PMID 38502229

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Post hoc pairwise t -tests (Bonferroni–Holm corrected) revealed for the stimulus-locked data the picture-congruent task condition (CC) to result in almost significantly lower ERD/ERS%-values as compared to the text-only task condition (NC), p = 0.051.

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However, despite the significant main effect, the post hoc pairwise comparisons only showed marginally significant differences.

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