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@article{citeulike:5664599, abstract = {We investigated the claim that individual differences in working-memory capacity reflect limitations on the ability to inhibit task-irrelevant information and/or to maintain activation in the face of distracting or interfering events. Specifically, we investigated whether high- and low-capacity individuals differed in their susceptibility to interference on the Stroop task and whether high-capacity individuals employed a strategy for minimizing Stroop interference. In Experiment 1, we found that high-capacity participants showed substantial interference when conflict trials were infrequent, but almost no interference when conflict trials were frequent. In contrast, low-capacity participants showed substantial interference irrespective of the proportion of conflict trials. In Experiment 2, we found that high-capacity participants experienced substantial negative priming, slow responses when the to-be-named color was the irrelevant word on the previous trial. We discuss these results and their implications for high-capacity individuals' ability to reduce Stroop interference in light of both inhibitory and noninhibitory accounts of negative priming.}, author = {Long, Debra L. and Prat, Chantel S.}, citeulike-article-id = {5664599}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12035891}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12035891}, issn = {0090-502X}, journal = {Memory \& cognition}, keywords = {wm}, month = {March}, number = {2}, pages = {294--301}, posted-at = {2009-08-28 22:30:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Working memory and stroop interference: an individual differences investigation.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12035891}, volume = {30}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5664599 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5664599 N2 - We investigated the claim that individual differences in working-memory capacity reflect limitations on the ability to inhibit task-irrelevant information and/or to maintain activation in the face of distracting or interfering events. Specifically, we investigated whether high- and low-capacity individuals differed in their susceptibility to interference on the Stroop task and whether high-capacity individuals employed a strategy for minimizing Stroop interference. In Experiment 1, we found that high-capacity participants showed substantial interference when conflict trials were infrequent, but almost no interference when conflict trials were frequent. In contrast, low-capacity participants showed substantial interference irrespective of the proportion of conflict trials. In Experiment 2, we found that high-capacity participants experienced substantial negative priming, slow responses when the to-be-named color was the irrelevant word on the previous trial. We discuss these results and their implications for high-capacity individuals' ability to reduce Stroop interference in light of both inhibitory and noninhibitory accounts of negative priming. IS - 2 JF - Memory & cognition SN - 0090-502X EP - 301 TI - Working memory and stroop interference: an individual differences investigation. VL - 30 SP - 294 KW - wm AU - Long, Debra AU - Prat, Chantel PY - 2002/03// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12035891 ER -