Chapter 7 Flashcards
Consequence of temporary loss of the goal state caused by the need to devote working memory to correcting errors on the trails task,
When you make mistakes while focusing on a task it can distract you from your main goal which is making it harder to remember what you were supposed to do next and causing more distractions from other things around you
Chun and Potter RSVP,
The RSVP method is like quickly flipping through a deck of cards one by one where you have to spot specific cards amidst the fast flow helping researchers understand how our attention works under time pressure
Why can the RVSP method that is used to study the attentional blink be viewed as a double task paradigm,
The RSVP paradigm used to study the attentional blink can be viewed as a double task paradigm because at least two targets must be detected and responded to
both attention and memory are simple terms for,
describing complex sets of more or less interrelated functions of information processing
The role of attention in memory,
can be described as being that of a selective agent that regulates the flow of information and restricts the operation of memory processes
two phases of every memory test,
Memory tests have in common a learning phase during which the to be learned information is presented and a subsequent retrieval phase during which the learned information is recalled or used in performing a particular task
The success of location cues in increasing the proportion of letters reported indicates that,
the location of the items is represented in the iconic image
That attention to location may be involved in rehearsing information in spatial working memory is suggested by the fact that,
maintaining locations in memory results in faster RTs to another unrelated visual stimulus when that stimulus is presented at a remembered location than when presented at a location nearby
Brain imaging studies show a high degree of overlap between the areas involved in,
spatial working memory and the areas involved in selective attention to spatial regions
Assumptions on attention of late selection models,
that make assumptions tantamount to saying that the level of processing at which attentional selection occurs can be equated with the limits of short term memory
The fact that a second target is often not reported when it is presented within half a second of a first indicates that,
even though the second target may be processed to a certain extent the resulting representation requires further processing in order to be stored in memory
When you have to quickly respond to a sound and then spot a visual target sometimes you miss the visual target because your brain is still busy consolidating the memory of the sound response suggesting that,
both tasks rely on the same limited mental resources, which causes a delay in detecting the visual target supporting the idea that the attentional blink happens later in the brain’s processing
In other words, accessing working memory may require the same limited resource processes that are required by,
other information processing tasks
the more you practice something,
the faster you get at it because your brain gathers more examples over time which is making it easier to recall the right information quickly
Successful episodic memory depends on,
attention to what is being encoded and what is being retrieved because implicit learning can occur without conscious selection of information
