The Library
Dissociating effects of stimulus identity and load on working memory attentional guidance : lengthening encoding time eliminates the effect of load but not identity
Tools
Tsvetanov, Kamen A., Arvanitis, Theodoros N. and Humphreys, Glyn W. (2012) Dissociating effects of stimulus identity and load on working memory attentional guidance : lengthening encoding time eliminates the effect of load but not identity. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Volume 65 (Number 8). pp. 1475-1483. doi:10.1080/17470218.2012.694895 ISSN 1747-0218.
Research output not available from this repository.
Request-a-Copy directly from author or use local Library Get it For Me service.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2012.694895
Abstract
Effects of the identity and load of items in working memory (WM) on visual attention were examined. With a short interval between the WM item and a subsequent search task, there were effects of both load (slowed overall reaction times, RTs, in a WM condition relative to a mere repetition baseline) and identity (search RTs were affected by re-presentation of the item in WM in the search display). As the time to encode the initial display increased, the effects of load decreased while the effect of identity remained. The data indicate that the identity of stimuli in WM can affect the subsequent deployment of attention even when time is allowed for consolidation of the stimuli in WM, and that the WM effects are not causally related to the presence of cognitive load. The results are consistent with the identity of stimuli in WM modulating attention post the memory consolidation stage.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1747-0218 | ||||
Official Date: | 19 June 2012 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Volume: | Volume 65 | ||||
Number: | Number 8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1475-1483 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/17470218.2012.694895 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |