The temporal dynamics of attention in visual working memory
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2018.4.27886Keywords:
Working memory, Visual attention, Recognition.Abstract
Orienting attention to a memorized scene using an endogenous cue positively favors processing, in a manner similar to endogenous cueing in perceptual tasks. In perception, endogenous and exogenous cues have different temporal dynamics. We investigated the efficacy and temporal dynamics of retrieval of information held in working memory using two types of retro-cue (endogenous and exogenous), presented in different intervals before the probed stimulus. Our results show that both cue types provide an equivalent benefit in accuracy and response time, which increases at longer cue-target-asynchrony. Our data indicate that performance is linked with cue validity and also with cue-target-asynchrony, but it is not linked with cue type, at least at the investigated intervals.
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