Temporal attention is not affected by working memory load.

ABSTRACT: Temporal attention refers to the ability to orient attention in time, which serves to enhance performance such as target detection and discrimination and is a fundamental component of cognitive function. Although some research indicates that temporal attention ability is affected by working memory updating, it is unclear whether temporal attention is also affected by the availability of working memory stores. To address this, participants were presented a dual-task paradigm requiring zero, three, or six digits to be held in working memory while engaged in a temporally cued visual discrimination task. Results show that working memory load did not differentially affect the ability to benefit from predictive temporal cues during the visual discrimination task. This indicates that temporal att

SUBMITTER: Zanto TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522507 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature