A controlled-attention view of working-memory capacity.
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In 2 experiments the authors examined whether individual differences in working-memory (WM) capacity are related to attentional control. Experiment 1 tested high- and low-WM-span (high-span and low-span) participants in a prosaccade task, in which a visual cue appeared in the same location as a subsequent to-be-identified target letter, and in an antisaccade task, in which a target appeared opposite the cued location. Span groups identified targets equally well in the prosaccade task, reflecting equivalence in automatic orienting. However, low-span participants were slower and less accurate than high-span participants in the antisaccade task, reflecting differences in attentional control. Experiment 2 measured eye movements across a long antisaccade session. Low-span participants made slower and more erroneous saccades than did high-span participants. In both experiments, low-span participants performed poorly when task switching from antisaccade to prosaccade blocks. The findings support a controlled-attention view of WM capacity.
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- Authors
- Kane, M. J., Bleckley, M. K., Conway, A. R. A., & Engle, R. W.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
- Published
- 2001
- Volume
- 130
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 169-183
- ISSN
- 0096-3445 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2222
- OpenAlex
- W2033101906
- Cited by
- 1,414
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 65 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 73 · 2017: 75 · 2016: 75 · 2015: 71 · 2014: 82 · 2013: 74 · 2012: 82
- FWCI
- 31.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- libres.uncg.edu
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Psychology General (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- working memory capacity, attentional control, individual differences, antisaccade task, prosaccade task, eye movements, task switching
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Female, Humans, Individuality, Male, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Mental Recall, Retention, Psychology, Saccades, Verbal Learning
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