Working-memory performance is related to spatial breadth of attention
Working-memory performance is related to spatial breadth of attention
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DOI：
10.1007/s00426-014-0633-x
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Simons, Daniel J.
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作者：
Kreitz, Carina;Furley, Philip;Simons, Daniel J.
工作记忆和注意力是密切相关的结构。工作记忆的模型通常包含注意力成分，有些甚至将工作记忆和注意力控制等同起来。虽然一些与注意力相关的过程，包括反应冲突的抑制控制和干扰解决，与工作记忆密切相关，但对于注意力的其他方面，这种联系并不清楚。我们研究了工作记忆表现和注意广度之间的关系，注意广度是在空间上分散注意力的能力。如果注意力和工作记忆之间的联系比抑制和干扰解决过程更广泛，那么工作记忆的表现也可能与其他注意力能力有关，包括注意广度。我们对123名参与者进行了各种工作记忆和注意广度测试，发现这两种任务的表现之间存在很强的相关性。这一发现表明，工作记忆和注意力之间的联系超出了抑制过程。
Working memory and attention are closely related constructs. Models of working memory often incorporate an attention component, and some even equate working memory and attentional control. Although some attention-related processes, including inhibitory control of response conflict and interference resolution, are strongly associated with working memory, for other aspects of attention the link is less clear. We examined the association between working-memory performance and attentional breadth, the ability to spread attention spatially. If the link between attention and working memory is broader than inhibitory and interference resolution processes, then working-memory performance might also be associated with other attentional abilities, including attentional breadth. We tested 123 participants on a variety of working-memory and attentional-breadth measures, finding a strong correlation between performances on these two types of tasks. This finding demonstrates that the link between working memory and attention extends beyond inhibitory processes.