dc.creator | Carlisle, Nancy Beth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-22T17:31:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-20 | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-07-20 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-07172011-235349 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/13110 | |
dc.description.abstract | Recent work on the control of attention has focused on automatic influences of working memory representations on the guidance of attention. In this work, I present three studies questioning the auotmaticity of working memory guidance of attention.
In the first study, I examine whether goals determine the neural selection of memory-matching perceptual inputs. In the second study, I measure neural signals of the attentional enhancement and suppression of task-irrelevant memory-matches. In the final study, I use a measure of overt attention to determine if goals will create a prioritization for control among items maintained in working memory. Taken together, the results of these three studies suggest that working memory representations are used flexibly by the attentional system, in a manner consistent with the current task goals. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.subject | top-down attentional control | |
dc.subject | working memory | |
dc.subject | attention | |
dc.title | Flexibility in working memory guidance of attention | |
dc.type | dissertation | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gordon D. Logan | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Adriane E. Seiffert | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Megan M. Saylor | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.name | PHD | |
thesis.degree.level | dissertation | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Vanderbilt University | |
local.embargo.terms | 2011-07-20 | |
local.embargo.lift | 2011-07-20 | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | Geoffrey F. Woodman | |