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Memory-driven capture during focused visual attention.

Yilu Yang¹, Lixin Su¹, Yi Pan^2,3

¹Department of Psychology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

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Memory-matching distractors capture attention during focused visual attention, but only when presented within the focus. This working memory effect depends on distractor location, not just content.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Visual Attention Research
Working Memory Studies

Background:

Attention can be captured by distractors matching working memory content.
This memory-driven capture is known with diffuse attention but unclear with focused attention.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if memory-matching distractors disrupt performance in a focused attention task.
To determine if focused attention can be captured by working memory content.

Main Methods:

Participants held a sample word in working memory.
They named a central color while ignoring a distractor word.
Distractor location varied: central (within focus) or peripheral (outside focus).

Main Results:

Memory-matching distractors interfered with color naming when presented centrally.
No interference occurred when distractors were peripheral.
Focused attention capture by working memory depends on distractor spatial position.

Conclusions:

Working memory-driven attentional capture during focused attention is spatially dependent.
Distractor relevance for working memory only impacts performance if it falls within the attentional focus.