The visual arrays task: Visual storage capacity or attention control?

ABSTRACT: Extant literature suggests that performance on visual arrays tasks reflects limited-capacity storage of visual information. However, there is also evidence to suggest that visual arrays task performance reflects individual differences in controlled processing. The purpose of this study is to empirically evaluate the degree to which visual arrays tasks are more closely related to memory storage capacity or measures of attention control. To this end, we conducted new analyses on a series of large data sets that incorporate various versions of a visual arrays task. Based on these analyses, we suggest that the degree to which the visual arrays is related to memory storage ability or effortful attention control may be task-dependent. Specifically, when versions of the task require participants

SUBMITTER: Martin JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045334 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature