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The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different
According to some current theories, the focus of attention (FOA), part of working memory, represents items in a privileged state that is more accessible than items stored in other memory systems. One line of evidence supporting the distinction between the FOA and other memory systems is the finding...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24574996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00056 |
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author | Beaudry, Olivia Neath, Ian Surprenant, Aimée M. Tehan, Gerald |
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description | According to some current theories, the focus of attention (FOA), part of working memory, represents items in a privileged state that is more accessible than items stored in other memory systems. One line of evidence supporting the distinction between the FOA and other memory systems is the finding that items in the FOA are immune to proactive interference (when something learned earlier impairs the ability to remember something learned more recently). The FOA, then, is held to be unique: it is the only memory system that is not susceptible to proactive interference. We review the literature used to support this claim, and although there are many studies in which proactive interference was not observed, we found more studies in which it was observed. We conclude that the FOA is not immune to proactive interference: items in the FOA are susceptible to proactive interference just like items in every other memory system. And, just as in all other memory systems, it is how the items are represented and processed that plays a critical role in determining whether proactive interference will be observed. |
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spelling | pubmed-39185942014-02-26 The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different Beaudry, Olivia Neath, Ian Surprenant, Aimée M. Tehan, Gerald Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience According to some current theories, the focus of attention (FOA), part of working memory, represents items in a privileged state that is more accessible than items stored in other memory systems. One line of evidence supporting the distinction between the FOA and other memory systems is the finding that items in the FOA are immune to proactive interference (when something learned earlier impairs the ability to remember something learned more recently). The FOA, then, is held to be unique: it is the only memory system that is not susceptible to proactive interference. We review the literature used to support this claim, and although there are many studies in which proactive interference was not observed, we found more studies in which it was observed. We conclude that the FOA is not immune to proactive interference: items in the FOA are susceptible to proactive interference just like items in every other memory system. And, just as in all other memory systems, it is how the items are represented and processed that plays a critical role in determining whether proactive interference will be observed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3918594/ /pubmed/24574996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00056 Text en Copyright © 2014 Beaudry, Neath, Surprenant and Tehan. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Beaudry, Olivia Neath, Ian Surprenant, Aimée M. Tehan, Gerald The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
title | The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
title_full | The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
title_fullStr | The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
title_full_unstemmed | The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
title_short | The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
title_sort | focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24574996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00056 |
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