Role of attentional tags in working memory-driven attentional capture

Chun Yu Kuo; Hsuan Fu Chao

doi:10.1037/a0036451

Role of attentional tags in working memory-driven attentional capture

Chun Yu Kuo, Hsuan Fu Chao^*

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Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated that the contents of working memory capture attention when performing a visual search task. However, it remains an intriguing and unresolved question whether all kinds of items stored in working memory capture attention. The present study investigated this issue by manipulating the attentional tags (target or distractor) associated with information maintained in working memory. The results showed that working memory-driven attentional capture is a flexible process, and that attentional tags associated with items stored in working memory do modulate attentional capture. When items were tagged as a target, they automatically captured attention; however, when items were tagged as a distractor, attentional capture was reduced.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1301-1307
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036451
Publication status	Published - 2014 Aug
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Attentional capture
Attentional tag
Working memory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Behavioral Neuroscience

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