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Unsworth, Nash; Robison, Matthew K. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
A great deal of prior research has examined the relation between working memory capacity (WMC) and attention control. The current study explored the role of arousal in individual differences in WMC and attention control. Participants performed multiple WMC and attention control tasks. During the attention control tasks participants were…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Short Term Memory, Attention Control, Correlation
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Lien, Mei-Ching; Ruthruff, Eric; Johnston, James C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2010
The classic theory of spatial attention hypothesized 2 modes, voluntary and involuntary. Folk, Remington, and Johnston (1992) reported that even involuntary attention capture by stimuli requires a match between stimulus properties and what the observer is looking for. This surprising conclusion has been confirmed by many subsequent studies. In…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Attention Control, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception