ArticleJournal of cognition2019
Prioritizing Targets and Minimizing Distraction Within Limited Capacity Working Memory: Commentary on 'Working memory and attention; a conceptual analysis and review' by Klaus Oberauer.
Article in Journal of cognition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- The importance of truth: Joint retrieval of "true" and "important" feedback in multidimensional source memory.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Article
- An Examination of Distractor Susceptibility of Prioritized and Unprioritized Information in Visual Working Memory.Journal of cognition · 2025Article
- The effect of value on context and target recollection in memory for truth and falsity.Memory & cognition · 2024Article
- The interaction of top-down and bottom-up attention in visual working memory.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The effect of value on long-term associative memory.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2021Article
- Working Memory and Attention - Response to Commentaries.Journal of cognition · 2019Article
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Abstract
Oberauer (2019) maps out different perspectives that have emerged in exploring working memory and attention, and suggests particular ways in which these key aspects of cognition might operate in the service of successful goal completion. One question that is central to Oberauer's review and to the field more generally concerns how automatic and controlled attention interact with each other and with working memory. In line with this, recent research indicates that both forms of attention can operate within the same task to determine whether information is maintained in working memory. Perceptual attention can be automatically captured by environmental input, resulting in superior recall for the most recent stimulus, along with unwanted disruption by distracting stimuli. Effortful top-down control, powered by executive resources, operates within this context to create and maintain task goals, and to support the maintenance of target information in an accessible state, particularly if it is of greater value/goal relevance.
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