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@article{citeulike:3167974, abstract = {Participants memorized briefly presented sets of digits, a subset of which had to be accessed as input for arithmetic tasks (the active set), whereas another subset had to be remembered independently of the concurrent task (the passive set). Latencies for arithmetic operations were a function of the setsize of active but not passive sets. Object-switch costs were observed when successive operations were applied to different digits within an active set. Participants took 2 s to encode a passive set so that it did not affect processing latencies (Experiment 2). The results support a model distinguishing 3 states of representations in working memory: the activated part of long-term memory, a capacity limited region of direct access, and a focus of attention.}, address = {Allgemeine Psychologie I, University of Potsdam, Germany. ko@rz.uni-potsdam.de}, author = {Oberauer, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {3167974}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12018494}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12018494}, issn = {0278-7393}, journal = {Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition}, keywords = {attention, focus, memory, of, working}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {411--421}, posted-at = {2008-08-27 20:13:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Access to information in working memory: exploring the focus of attention.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12018494}, volume = {28}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3167974 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3167974 N2 - Participants memorized briefly presented sets of digits, a subset of which had to be accessed as input for arithmetic tasks (the active set), whereas another subset had to be remembered independently of the concurrent task (the passive set). Latencies for arithmetic operations were a function of the setsize of active but not passive sets. Object-switch costs were observed when successive operations were applied to different digits within an active set. Participants took 2 s to encode a passive set so that it did not affect processing latencies (Experiment 2). The results support a model distinguishing 3 states of representations in working memory: the activated part of long-term memory, a capacity limited region of direct access, and a focus of attention. IS - 3 JF - Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition SN - 0278-7393 AD - Allgemeine Psychologie I, University of Potsdam, Germany. ko@rz.uni-potsdam.de EP - 421 TI - Access to information in working memory: exploring the focus of attention. VL - 28 SP - 411 KW - attention KW - focus KW - memory KW - of KW - working AU - Oberauer, K PY - 2002/05// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12018494 ER -