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Chun-Yu Kuo1, Hsuan-Fu Chao, Yei-Yu Yeh

  • 1National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Attention

Background:

  • Working memory plays a crucial role in cognitive tasks.
  • Attentional capture, the involuntary drawing of attention, is influenced by various factors.
  • Previous research has explored the role of working memory in attentional capture, with some ambiguity regarding strategic control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if strategic control can modulate attentional capture driven by working memory.
  • To examine the influence of prime validity on attentional capture using a naming task.
  • To differentiate the effects of working memory-driven attentional capture from potential perceptual resampling.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed a naming task to engage working memory.
  • A selection task followed, requiring participants to judge the direction of a moving target.
  • Prime validity (probability of prime matching target) was manipulated across four experiments.

Main Results:

  • Faster reaction times in valid conditions compared to invalid conditions at 50% prime validity.
  • A larger attentional capture effect was observed with 70% prime validity.
  • No validity effect was found when prime validity was below chance (0% or 15%).

Conclusions:

  • Working memory captures attention by default when there is no need to avoid prime influence.
  • Strategic control effectively modulates working memory-driven attentional capture when necessary.
  • The findings highlight the dynamic interplay between working memory and attentional control.