Working memory and the attentional blink: Blink size is predicted by individual differences in operation span

Colzato, Lorenza S.; Spapé, Michiel M.; Pannebakker, Merel M.; Hommel, Bernhard

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“…Nevertheless, the current study does raise serious doubts about the generalizability of Colzato et al (2007) recent report of a correlation between WM capacity and the size of the AB. It is important to note that our failure to find a relationship does not seem to be due to a lack of power.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…As an alternative measure of AB magnitude, the 'maximal AB' was calculated as was previously done by Colzato et al (2007), using the following formula:…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is important to note that our failure to find a relationship does not seem to be due to a lack of power. Whereas the study of Colzato et al (2007) was based on 80 participants, the current study included 97 participants (except for the symmetry and letter span tasks, which were performed by 51 participants). It also does not seem likely to be the result of a lack of sensitivity of the intelligence test we used.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also does not seem likely to be the result of a lack of sensitivity of the intelligence test we used. Although both studies included volunteers from the university community, Colzato et al (2007) used Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) test whereas we used Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) test to measure fluid intelligence. The latter test was specifically designed for higher ranges of intelligence, and should therefore be the more sensitive measure of general intelligence in university students.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some preliminary evidence for a link between WM capacity and AB magnitude has recently been reported by Colzato et al (2007) and MacLean et al (unpublished study;. In both studies, working memory capacity was measured using the operation word span task adapted from Turner and Engle (1989).…”

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Working memory capacity, intelligence, and the magnitude of the attentional blink revisited

Martens

Johnson

2008

Exp Brain Res

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The attentional blink (AB) is a well-established phenomenon in the study of attention. This deficit in reporting the second of two targets presented in rapid serial visual presentation when it occurs 200-500 ms after the first is considered to reflect a fundamental limitation in attentional processing. However, we recently reported that some individuals do not show an AB, and presented psychophysiological evidence that target processing differs between blinkers and non-blinkers. One possibility is that non-blinkers may have a larger WM capacity, allowing better attentional control. Here we explore the relation between the magnitude of the AB, general intelligence, and different measures of working memory (WM) and shortterm memory (STM) capacity. Surprisingly, no correlation was found between memory capacity measures and AB magnitude, raising doubts about the generalizability of earlier findings of such a relationship.

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Section: The Significance Of An Insignificant Findingcontrasting

confidence: 81%

“…As an alternative measure of AB magnitude, the 'maximal AB' was calculated as was previously done by Colzato et al (2007), using the following formula:…”

Section: Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices Test (Apm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Significance Of An Insignificant Findingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Significance Of An Insignificant Findingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Working memory capacity, intelligence, and the magnitude of the attentional blink revisited

Martens

Johnson

2008

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Attentional blink and repetition blindness

Arnell

Shapiro

2010

WIRES Cognitive Science

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When two masked, to-be-attended targets are presented within half a second of each other, report accuracy for the second target (T2) is impaired relative to when the two targets are presented farther apart in time or relative to when the first target (T1) can be ignored. This effect is known as the attentional blink (AB). An additional T2 accuracy deficit is observed if T1 and T2 are identical or highly similar on a task-relevant dimension. This effect is known as repetition blindness (RB). For both AB and RB, targets are typically imbedded in rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) streams and the dual-task attention cost lasts approximately half a second. Given the high degree of superficial similarity, AB and RB are often considered to be related phenomena. Although research thus far has suggested that both phenomena reflect limits of the attentional system and how attention is allocated when needing to organize stimuli for entrance into awareness, these two phenomena are dissociable; RB is not simply an enhanced AB. Furthermore, investigations of AB and RB have taken quite different courses over the last two decades. The AB has been investigated extensively with a variety of experimental, behavioral, neurophysiological, and clinical approaches, and has become widely used as a paradigm of convenience with which to study other effects. In contrast, studies of RB have tended to manipulate the nature of the target information to understand the level of representation that supports RB. WIREs Cogni Sci 2011 2 336-344 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.129 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.

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Processing Speed and Attentional Resources

Cohen

2013

The Neuropsychology of Attention

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Working memory and the attentional blink: Blink size is predicted by individual differences in operation span

Cited by 94 publications

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Working memory capacity, intelligence, and the magnitude of the attentional blink revisited

Working memory capacity, intelligence, and the magnitude of the attentional blink revisited

Attentional blink and repetition blindness

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