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Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm
Habituation of the orienting response is a pivotal part of selective attention, and previous research has related working memory capacity (WMC) to attention control. Against this background, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether individual differences in WMC contribute to habituation...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3306568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22231726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-011-0203-9 |
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author | Sörqvist, Patrik Nöstl, Anatole Halin, Niklas |
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description | Habituation of the orienting response is a pivotal part of selective attention, and previous research has related working memory capacity (WMC) to attention control. Against this background, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether individual differences in WMC contribute to habituation rate. The participants categorized visual targets across six blocks of trials. Each target was preceded either by a standard sound or, on rare trials, by a deviant. The magnitude of the deviation effect (i.e., prolonged response time when the deviant was presented) was relatively large in the beginning but attenuated toward the end. There was no relationship between WMC and the deviation effect at the beginning, but there was at the end, and greater WMC was associated with greater habituation. These results indicate that high memory ability increases habituation rate, and they support theories proposing a role for cognitive control in habituation and in some forms of auditory distraction. |
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spelling | pubmed-33065682012-03-22 Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm Sörqvist, Patrik Nöstl, Anatole Halin, Niklas Psychon Bull Rev Brief Report Habituation of the orienting response is a pivotal part of selective attention, and previous research has related working memory capacity (WMC) to attention control. Against this background, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether individual differences in WMC contribute to habituation rate. The participants categorized visual targets across six blocks of trials. Each target was preceded either by a standard sound or, on rare trials, by a deviant. The magnitude of the deviation effect (i.e., prolonged response time when the deviant was presented) was relatively large in the beginning but attenuated toward the end. There was no relationship between WMC and the deviation effect at the beginning, but there was at the end, and greater WMC was associated with greater habituation. These results indicate that high memory ability increases habituation rate, and they support theories proposing a role for cognitive control in habituation and in some forms of auditory distraction. Springer-Verlag 2012-01-10 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3306568/ /pubmed/22231726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-011-0203-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Sörqvist, Patrik Nöstl, Anatole Halin, Niklas Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
title | Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
title_full | Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
title_fullStr | Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
title_full_unstemmed | Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
title_short | Working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: Evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
title_sort | working memory capacity modulates habituation rate: evidence from a cross-modal auditory distraction paradigm |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3306568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22231726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-011-0203-9 |
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