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Interactions between visual working memory and visual attention.

Christian N L Olivers¹

¹Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cognitive Psychology, Van der Boechorststr. 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cnl.olivers@psy.vu.nl

Frontiers in Bioscience : a Journal and Virtual Library

|November 6, 2007

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Visual attention and visual working memory share overlapping functions and brain areas. Behavioral evidence suggests they are best understood as a unified cognitive function, with one representation prioritized by attention.

Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Visual Perception

Background:

Visual attention selects relevant information, while visual working memory retains it.
Overlapping definitions and brain regions suggest a link between attention and working memory.

Purpose of the Study:

To review behavioral evidence for and against a unified model of visual attention and working memory.
To determine if attention and working memory are a single cognitive function.

Main Methods:

Review of existing behavioral evidence.
Analysis of data supporting or refuting a unified cognitive function.

Main Results:

Behavioral data are best explained by a unified model.
Multiple representations can be maintained, but only one is attended.

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Task demands influence the prioritization of attended representations.

Conclusions:

Visual attention and visual working memory are best conceptualized as a single, unified cognitive function.
A unified model accounts for the observed behavioral data and neural overlaps.