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The Role of Working Memory Representations in the Control of Attention

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Woodman, G. F., Luck, S. J., Schall, J. D.·2007·Cerebral Cortex
DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhm065
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Previous research suggests that target templates are stored visual working memory and used to guide attention during visual search. However, observers can search efficiently even if working memory is filled to capacity by a concurrent task. The idea that target templates are stored in working memory receives support primarily from studies of nonhuman primates in which the target varies from trial to trial, and it is possible that working memory templates are not necessary when target identity remains constant, as in most studies of visual search in humans. To test this hypothesis, we asked subjects to perform a visual search task during the delay interval of a visual working memory task. The 2 tasks were found to interfere with each other when the search targets changed from trial to trial, but not when target identity remained constant. Thus, a search template is stored in visual working memory only when the target varies from trial to trial. These findings suggest that the network of brain areas involved in shifting attention during visual search tasks may be able to operate essentially independently of the anatomical areas that perform visual working memory maintenance of objects, but only if the identity of the visual search target is stable across time.

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Authors
Woodman, G. F., Luck, S. J., & Schall, J. D.
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2007-08-27
Volume
17
Issue
suppl 1
Pages
i118-i124
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
DOI
10.1093/cercor/bhm065
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174
References
11
FWCI
5.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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hybrid

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