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information entity > theoretical entity > testable hypothesis > Easterbrook's cue-utilization hypothesis

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Easterbrook's cue-utilization hypothesis  

Definition

  • The hypothesis that stress or high levels of emotional arousal cause a reduction in the amount of information a person can process simultaneously. As a result, attention is focused on the most salient, central cues at the expense of peripheral cues.

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Synonym(s)

  • attentional narrowing hypothesis
  • cue-utilization hypothesis
  • Easterbrook's hypothesis
  • tunnel memory hypothesis

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Davis, D., Hogan, A. A., & Hart, D. J. (2024). Myths of trauma memory: On the oversimplification of effects of attention narrowing under stress. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1294730

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Easterbrook, J. A. (1959). The effect of emotion on cue utilization and the organization of behavior. Psychological Review, 66(3), 183–201. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047707

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Levine, L.J., & Edelstein, R.S. (2009). Emotion and memory narrowing: A review and goal-relevance approach. Cognition & Emotion, 23(5), 833–875. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930902738863

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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