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Spatial Attention Interacts With Serial-Order Retrieval From Verbal Working Memory
van Dijck, J.-P.; Abrahamse, E. L.; Majerus, Steve et al.
2013In Psychological Science, 24 (9), p. 1854-1859
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Abstract :
[en] The ability to maintain the serial order of events is recognized as a major function of working memory. Although general models of working memory postulate a close link between working memory and attention, such a link has so far not been proposed specifically for serial-order working memory. The present study provided the first empirical demonstration of a direct link between serial order in verbal working memory and spatial selective attention. We show that the retrieval of later items of a sequence stored in working memory-compared with that of earlier items-produces covert attentional shifts toward the right. This observation suggests the conceptually surprising notion that serial-order working memory, even for nonspatially defined verbal items, draws on spatial attention. © The Author(s) 2013.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
van Dijck, J.-P.;  Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Abrahamse, E. L.;  Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Majerus, Steve  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège
Fias, W.;  Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Spatial Attention Interacts With Serial-Order Retrieval From Verbal Working Memory
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Psychological Science
ISSN :
0956-7976
eISSN :
1467-9280
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
24
Issue :
9
Pages :
1854-1859
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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