It's a matter of (executive) load: Separation as a load-dependent resetting procedure. (18th February 2021) - Ponsi, Giorgia
Abstract: Lee and Schwarz made considerable theoretical advances in the psychology of cleansing by proposing that cleaning actions might serve as separation procedures between two psychological entities. Here, we propose that the effectiveness of the separation process may be modulated by the available amount of executive resources, and that separation may operate as a load-dependent resetting procedure.