ArticleMemory & cognition2020
Object-based attention in retaining binding in working memory: Influence of activation states of working memory.
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- Semantic relationships among objects reduce the attention required for inter-item binding in working memory.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Binding in visual working memory is task dependent.Journal of vision · 2025Article
- Refreshing Multi-Feature Objects in Visual Working Memory.Journal of cognition · 2025Article
- Role of long-term memory in object-based attention for the maintenance of binding in visual working memory.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Unraveling the binding problem in working memory: insights from the hierarchical binding model.Cognitive processing · 2024Article
- Measuring memory is harder than you think: How to avoid problematic measurement practices in memory research.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Review
- Does the presence of more features in a bound representation in working memory require extra object-based attention?Memory & cognition · 2021Article
- The role of attention in retaining the binding of integral features in working memory.Journal of vision · 2020Article
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Abstract
It has been suggested that retaining bindings in working memory (WM) requires more object-based attention than retaining constituent features. Recent studies have found that when memorized stimuli are presented sequentially, the most recent stimulus is in a highly accessible privileged state such that it is retained in a relatively automatic and resource-free manner, whereas the other stimuli are in a non-privileged state. The current study investigated whether the activation states of WM modulate the role of object-based attention in retaining bindings in WM. To address this question, we presented three colored shapes sequentially and added a transparent-motion task (Experiment 1) or a mental rotation task (Experiment 2) into the WM maintenance phase to consume object-based attention. We consistently found that consuming object-based attention led to a larger impairment to bindings relative to constituent features, which is independent of the WM activation states, suggesting that object-based attention is critical in retaining bindings in WM across activation states of WM.
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