Confidence and Insight into Working Memories Are Shaped by Attention and Recent Performance.

ABSTRACT: Working memory is capacity limited, and our ability to access information from working memory is variable, but selective attention to working memory contents can improve performance. People are able to make introspective judgments regarding the quality of their memories, and these judgments are linked to objective memory performance. However, it remains unknown whether benefits of internally directed attention on memory performance occur alongside commensurate changes in introspective judgments. Across two experiments, we used retrospective cues (retrocues) during working-memory maintenance to direct attention to items in memory. We then examined their consequence on introspective judgments. In the second experiment, we provided trial-wise feedback on performance. We found that selective a

SUBMITTER: Chekroud SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7617916 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature