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ERIC Number: EJ750938
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 14
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-7393
Available but Unattended Conceptual Information in Working Memory: Temporarily Active Semantic Content or Persistent Memory for Prior Operations?
Woltz, Dan J.; Was, Christopher A.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v33 n1 p155-168 Jan 2007
In 2 experiments, the authors investigated available but unattended information following working memory task demands. The experimental task presented a memory set containing exemplars from 2 conceptual categories. Following instructions to focus attention on only 1 category, priming of both categories was assessed with category comparisons of exemplar pairs. Priming was greatest for the focused category and for exemplars from the memory set (direct priming). Priming also extended to new exemplars of both categories (indirect priming) and showed little decline over more than 1 min of intervening processes. Finally, changing between category exemplars and features across memory set and comparison phases eliminated the indirect priming. These results support a persistent, operation-specific, procedural account of available but unattended conceptual information in working memory.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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