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Time and interference: Effects on working memory
Author(s) -
Botto Marta,
Palladino Paola
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/bjop.12140
Subject(s) - task (project management) , working memory , psychology , recall , cognitive psychology , trace (psycholinguistics) , priming (agriculture) , interference (communication) , information processing , interference theory , cognition , neuroscience , computer science , linguistics , computer network , philosophy , botany , germination , management , channel (broadcasting) , economics , biology
This study tested predictions from the time‐based resource‐sharing ( TBRS ) model with a classical verbal working memory ( WM ) task, where target and non‐target information interfere strongly with each other. Different predictions can be formulated according to the dominant perspectives ( TBRS and interference hypothesis) on the role of inhibitory control in WM task performance. Here, we aimed to trace the activation of irrelevant information, examining priming effects in a lexical decision task immediately following WM recall. Results indicate the roles of both time and interference constraints in determining task performance. In particular, the role of time available seemed crucial at the highest WM loads (i.e., 3 and 4 memoranda). These were also associated with a higher activation of no‐longer‐relevant information but, in this case, independently from time available for processing.