What's on your mind: The influence of the contents of working memory on choice

被引：12
作者：
Weaver, Starla M. [1 ]
Arrington, Catherine M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
来源：
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2010年 / 63卷 / 04期
关键词：
Voluntary task switching; Working memory; Task switching; Selective attention; Executive attention; EXECUTIVE CONTROL; VISUAL-ATTENTION; TASK CHOICE; VOLUNTARY; STIMULUS; INTERFERENCE; SEARCH; MECHANISMS; REHEARSAL; GUIDANCE;
D O I：
10.1080/17470210903137180
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Information maintained in working memory (WM) has the potential to bias selective attention and limit executive attention. The current study assessed the influence of information in WM on the tasks one chooses to perform in a multitasking environment. Participants held either identities or locations in WM while performing voluntary task-switching trials on stimuli that did or did not match the information they were attempting to maintain. A bias toward performing the task associated with stimuli that had recently been encoded into WM was found. The results suggest that information in WM can influence choice within a multitasking environment.
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页码：726 / 737
页数：12
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