What factor caused the differences seen in the ability to successfully perform two separate cognitive tasks at once in the Byrne and Anderson (2001)experiment and the Schumacher et al.(2001)experiment?
A) sensory modality
B) difficulty of task
C) type of motor response required
D) type of stimuli employed

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The difficulty of the task was the factor that caused the differences seen in the ability to successfully perform two separate cognitive tasks at once in the Byrne and Anderson (2001) experiment and the Schumacher et al. (2001) experiment. Specifically, the Byrne and Anderson task was easier than the Schumacher et al. task, leading to better performance in the former experiment.

What Factor Caused the Differences Seen in the Ability to Successfully