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Object-based attention in retaining binding in working memory: Influence of activation states of working memory
- Source :
- Memorycognition. 48(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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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.
- Subjects :
- Working memory
05 social sciences
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Stimulus (physiology)
050105 experimental psychology
Mental rotation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Memory, Short-Term
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Visual Perception
Maintenance phase
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Attention
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Object-based attention
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15325946
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Memorycognition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1d53e1b984298a8bc3cece6d8e8efc68