Journal article
The benefits of stimulus-driven attention for working memory encoding
Journal of memory and language, Vol.69(3), pp.384-396
10/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.05.007
Abstract
•Encoding information into working memory may benefit from stimulus-driven attention.•Boosting stimulus-driven attention to letters improved performance.•Both similar- and dissimilar-sounding letters benefit from stimulus-driven attention.•Stimulus-driven attention is beneficial as well as detrimental to working memory.
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The benefits of stimulus-driven attention for working memory encoding
- Creators
- Susan M Ravizza - Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, United StatesEliot Hazeltine - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of memory and language, Vol.69(3), pp.384-396
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jml.2013.05.007
- ISSN
- 0749-596X
- eISSN
- 1096-0821
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2013
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984070212202771
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