The benefits of stimulus-driven attention for working memory encoding
| Autor: | Susan M. Ravizza, Eliot Hazeltine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Linguistics and Language
Working memory Short-term memory Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Stimulus (physiology) Language and Linguistics Serial position effect Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Artificial Intelligence Difference due to memory Memory span Psychology Relevant information Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Memory and Language. 69:384-396 |
| ISSN: | 0749-596X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jml.2013.05.007 |
| Popis: | The present study investigates how stimulus-driven attention to relevant information affects working memory performance. In three experiments, we examine whether stimulus-driven attention to items can improve retention of these items in working memory. Lists of phonologically-similar and dissimilar items were presented at expected or unexpected locations in Experiment 1. When stimulus-driven attention was captured by items presented at unexpected locations, similar items were better remembered than similar items that appeared at expected locations. These results were replicated in Experiment 2 using contingent capture to boost stimulus-driven attention to similar items. Experiment 3 demonstrated that stimulus-driven attention was beneficial for both similar and dissimilar items when the latter condition was made more difficult. Together, these experiments demonstrate that stimulus-driven attention to relevant information is one mechanism by which encoding can be facilitated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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