Auditory objects in working memory include task-irrelevant features.

ABSTRACT: Object-based attention operates both in perception and visual working memory. While the efficient perception of auditory stimuli also requires the formation of auditory objects, little is known about their role in auditory working memory (AWM). To investigate whether attention to one object feature in AWM leads to the involuntary maintenance of another, task-irrelevant feature, we conducted four experiments. Stimuli were abstract sounds that differed on the dimensions frequency and location, only one of which was task-relevant in each experiment. The first two experiments required a match-nonmatch decision about a probe sound whose irrelevant feature value could either be identical to or differ from the memorized stimulus. Matches on the relevant dimension were detected more accurately whe

SUBMITTER: Fischer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11390711 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature