ArticleScientific reports2020
Three visual working memory representations simultaneously control attention.
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- The relation matters: Visual working memory-guided attention can be modulated by causality between memory items.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Article
- Research on Flight Training Optimization with Instrument Failure Based on Eye Movement Data.Journal of eye movement research · 2025Article
- Coarse matching was sufficient to capture attention by working memory representations unless matching features with the target.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Alternating capture of attention by multiple visual working memory representations.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
How many items can we store in visual working memory while simultaneously conducting a visual search? Previous research has proposed that during concurrent visual search, only one visual working memory representation can be activated to directly influence attention. This previous research suggests that other visual working memory representations are "accessory items", which have little direct influence on attention. However, recent findings provided evidence that not one, but two visual working memory representations can capture attention and interfere with concurrent visual search. We successfully replicate these findings, and further test whether the capacity of visual working memory during visual search extends to not two, but three representations that influence attention directly. We find evidence that three visual working memory representations can simultaneously control attention.
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