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The Benefits of Working Memory Capacity on Attentional Control under Pressure

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, July 2017
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Title
The Benefits of Working Memory Capacity on Attentional Control under Pressure
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01105
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Authors

Xiaoxiao Luo, Liwei Zhang, Jin Wang

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the effects of working memory capacity (WMC) and state anxiety (SA) on attentional control. WMC was manipulated by (a) dividing participants into low- and high-WMC groups (Experiment 1), and (b) using working memory training to improve WMC (Experiment 2). SA was manipulated by creating low- and high-SA conditions. Attentional control was evaluated by using antisaccade task. Results demonstrated that (a) higher WMC indicated better attentional control (Experiments 1 and 2); (b) the effects of SA on attentional control were inconsistent because SA impaired attentional control in Experiment 1, but favored attentional control in Experiment 2; and (c) the interaction of SA and WMC was not significant (Experiments 1 and 2). This study directly manipulated WMC by working memory training, which provided more reliable evidence for controlled attention view of WMC and new supportive evidence for working memory training (i.e., far transfer effect on attentional control). And the refinement of the relationship between anxiety and attentional control proposed by Attentional Control Theory was also discussed.

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Unknown 43 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 26%
Student > Master 6 14%
Student > Bachelor 5 12%
Researcher 4 9%
Lecturer 3 7%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 10 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 18 42%
Sports and Recreations 5 12%
Neuroscience 3 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 11 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 July 2017.
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#6,799,425
of 22,982,639 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#9,687
of 30,168 outputs
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#106,277
of 312,564 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#252
of 587 outputs
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