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The temporal locus of the interaction between working memory consolidation and the attentional blink
Authors:Elkan G. Akyürek  Marcin Leszczyński  Anna Schubö
Affiliation:Department of Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Abstract:An increase in concurrent working memory load has been shown to amplify the attentional blink. The present study investigated the temporal locus of this phenomenon, by using a dual rapid serial visual presentation paradigm that enabled the measurement of lateralized event‐related potentials. The P3 component was shown to be affected by both working memory load and the lag between the target stimuli, consistent with current models of temporal attention and a functional explanation of the P3 in terms of memory consolidation. P3 amplitude was reduced for short target lags and high memory loads. The P2 component was affected by lag only, and not memory load. Importantly, the N2pc component was modulated also by both lag and memory load. The results showed that early attentional processing (as marked by the N2pc) was suppressed by increased involvement of working memory, a phenomenon not well predicted by many current theories of temporal attention.
Keywords:Attentional blink  Working memory  Event‐related potential  N2pc  P3
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