Table 4.
Means (and standard deviations) as a function of interesting, task-irrelevant information and task difficulty (Experiment 1).
| Interesting, task-irrelevant information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without | With | |||
| Task difficulty | Easy | Difficult | Easy | Difficult |
| Problem-solving performance in % correct | 75.23 (14.98) | 60.65 (20.46) | 74.73 (21.16) | 62.09 (20.77) |
| Time on task-relevant information in seconds | 1310.25 (418.24) | 1473.88 (411.45) | 1366.18 (527.87) | 1317.18 (303.09) |
| Time on task-irrelevant information in seconds | – | – | 22.12 (45.73) | 111.71 (150.56) |