The Relationship between Attention and Working Memory

In: New Research on Short-Term Memory ISBN 978-1-60456-548-5 Editor: Noah B. Johansen, pp. 2008 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Chapter 1 The Relationship between Attention and Working Memory Daryl Fougnie Vanderbilt University Abstract The ability to selectively process information ( Attention ) and to retain information in an accessible state ( Working Memory ) are critical aspects of our cognitive capacities. While there has been much work devoted to understanding Attention and Working Memory , the nature of the Relationship between these constructs is not well understood. Indeed, while neither Attention nor Working Memory represent a uniform set of processes, theories of their Relationship tend to focus on only some aspects. This review of the literature examines the role of perceptual and central Attention in the encoding, maintenance, and manipulation of information in Working Memory .

Hillyard, 1991), distractor suppression (Reynolds, Pasternak, and Desimone, 2000; Slotnick, The Relationship between Attention and Working Memory 3 ... 2005). Tasks with large perceptual demands may show attentional modulation of early sensory processing. In contrast, tasks with minimal attentional demands may involve selection of attended ...

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