Working Memory Capacity and the Antisaccade Task: Individual Differences in Voluntary Saccade Control

Autor/inn/en	Unsworth, Nash; Schrock, Josef C.; Engle, Randall W.
Titel	Working Memory Capacity and the Antisaccade Task: Individual Differences in Voluntary Saccade Control
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30 (2004) 6, S.1302-1321 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
Schlagwörter	Memory; Human Body; Inhibition; Eye Movements; Individual Differences; Attention Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Menschlicher Körper; Hemmung; Augenbewegung; Individueller Unterschied; Aufmerksamkeitstest
Abstract	Performance on antisaccade trials requires the inhibition of a prepotent response (i.e., don't look at the flashing cue) and the generation and execution of a correct saccade in the opposite direction. The authors attempted to further specify the role of working memory (WM) span differences in the antisaccade task. They tested high- and low-span individuals on variants of prosaccade and antisaccade trials in which an eye movement is the sole requirement. In 3 experiments, they demonstrated the importance of WM span differences in both suppression of a reflexive saccade and generation of a volitional eye movement. The results support the contention that individual differences in WM span are not exclusively due to differences in inhibition but also reflect differences in directing the focus of attention. (Author).
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