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S W Tuholski1, R W Engle, G C Baylis

  • 1Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville 62026, USA. stuhols@siue.edu

Memory & Cognition
|June 16, 2001
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Individuals with lower working memory capacity struggle with attention-demanding tasks, impacting enumeration skills. This suggests working memory differences correlate with controlled attention abilities.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Working memory capacity is crucial for complex cognitive tasks.
  • Enumeration involves both automatic (subitizing) and controlled (counting) processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between working memory capacity and performance on enumeration tasks.
  • To determine if working memory limitations affect attention-demanding aspects of enumeration.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using working memory span and enumeration tasks.
  • Experiment 1 assessed performance on subitizing and counting under varying working memory loads.
  • Experiment 2 introduced distractors (conjunctive and disjunctive) during enumeration to examine attention.

Main Results:

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  • Low working memory span subjects performed worse on the attention-demanding counting task but not subitizing.
  • Both high and low working memory span groups were affected by conjunctive distractors, with a more significant impact on low-span individuals.
  • Disjunctive distractors had a less pronounced effect compared to conjunctive distractors.

Conclusions:

  • Working memory capacity is strongly linked to the ability to engage controlled attention.
  • Deficits in working memory capacity may impair the controlled attentional processes required for tasks like counting.
  • These findings highlight the role of working memory in executive functions, particularly attention control.