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Two distinct mechanisms of selection in working memory : additive last-item and retro-cue benefits

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Niklaus, Marcel, Singmann, Henrik and Oberauer, Klaus (2019) Two distinct mechanisms of selection in working memory : additive last-item and retro-cue benefits. Cognition, 183 . pp. 282-302. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2018.11.015

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Abstract

In working memory research, individual items are sometimes said to be in the “focus of attention”. According to one view, this occurs for the last item in a sequentially presented list (last-item benefit). According to a second view, this occurs when items are externally cued during the retention interval (retro-cue benefit). We investigated both phenomena at the same time to determine whether both result from the same cognitive mechanisms. If that were the case, retro-cue benefits should be reduced when the retro-cue is directed to the item that already benefits from being presented last. We measured speed-accuracy-tradeoff functions with the response-deadline paradigm to measure retrieval dynamics in a short-term recognition task. Across three experiments, we found that retro-cues benefited the last item and other items to the same extent. The additivity of the last-item benefit and the retro-cue benefit points towards the co-existence of at least two distinct forms of attentional prioritization in working memory.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Short-term memory, Attention
Journal or Publication Title: Cognition
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0010-0277
Official Date: February 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2019Published
11 December 2018Available
30 November 2018Accepted
Volume: 183
Page Range: pp. 282-302
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.11.015
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
143333[SNSF] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711

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