Do the contents of working memory capture attention? Yes, but cognitive control matters. Export

@article{citeulike:5952095, abstract = {There has been a controversy on whether working memory can guide attentional selection. Some researchers have reported that the contents of working memory guide attention automatically in visual search (D. Soto, D. Heinke, G. W. Humphreys, \& M. J. Blanco, 2005). On the other hand, G.F. Woodman and S. J. Luck (2007) reported that they could not find any evidence of attentional capture by working memory. In the present study, we tried to find an integrative explanation for the different sets of results. We report evidence for attentional capture by working memory, but this effect was eliminated when search was perceptually demanding or the onset of the search was delayed long enough for cognitive control of search to be implemented under particular conditions. We suggest that perceptual difficulty and the time course of cognitive control as important factors that determine when information in working memory influences attention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).}, author = {Han, Suk Won W. and Kim, Min-Shik S.}, citeulike-article-id = {5952095}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0016452}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19803637}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19803637}, doi = {10.1037/a0016452}, issn = {0096-1523}, journal = {Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance}, keywords = {attention, visual, working\_memory}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {1292--1302}, posted-at = {2009-10-16 16:39:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Do the contents of working memory capture attention? Yes, but cognitive control matters.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0016452}, volume = {35}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5952095 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5952095 N2 - There has been a controversy on whether working memory can guide attentional selection. Some researchers have reported that the contents of working memory guide attention automatically in visual search (D. Soto, D. Heinke, G. W. Humphreys, & M. J. Blanco, 2005). On the other hand, G.F. Woodman and S. J. Luck (2007) reported that they could not find any evidence of attentional capture by working memory. In the present study, we tried to find an integrative explanation for the different sets of results. We report evidence for attentional capture by working memory, but this effect was eliminated when search was perceptually demanding or the onset of the search was delayed long enough for cognitive control of search to be implemented under particular conditions. We suggest that perceptual difficulty and the time course of cognitive control as important factors that determine when information in working memory influences attention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved). IS - 5 JF - Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance SN - 0096-1523 EP - 1302 TI - Do the contents of working memory capture attention? Yes, but cognitive control matters. VL - 35 SP - 1292 KW - attention KW - visual KW - working_memory AU - Han, Suk Won AU - Kim, Min-Shik PY - 2009/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0016452 ER -