Flexible top-down control in the interaction between working memory and perception.

ABSTRACT: Successful goal-directed behavior often requires continuous sensory processing while simultaneously maintaining task-related information in working memory (WM). Although WM and perception are known to interact, little is known about how their interactions are controlled. Here, we tested the hypothesis that WM perception interactions engage two distinct modes of control - proactive and reactive - in a manner similar to classic conflict-adaptation tasks (e.g. Stroop, flanker, and Simon). Participants performed a delayed recall-of-orientation WM task, plus a standalone visual discrimination-of-orientation task the occurred during the delay period, and with the congruity in orientation between the tasks manipulated. Proactive control was seen in the sensitivity of task performance to the previ

SUBMITTER: Teng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature