Flexible behavior requires guidance not only by sensations that are available immediately
but also by relevant mental contents carried forward through working memory. Therefore …

Working memory (WM) has limited capacity. This leaves attention with the important role of
allowing into storage only the most relevant information. It is increasingly evident that …

The concept of attention has a prominent place in cognitive psychology. Attention can be
directed not only to perceptual information, but also to information in working memory (WM) …

Over half a century of research focused on understanding how working memory is capacity
constrained has overshadowed the fact that it is also remarkably resistant to interference …

We review our research on the episodic buffer in the multicomponent model of working
memory (Baddeley, 2000), making explicit the influence of Anne Treisman's work on the way …

Visual working memory (VWM) has a limited capacity. This limitation can be mitigated by the
use of focused attention: if attention is drawn to the relevant working memory content before …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 41 (6) of Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (see record 2015-34197-001) …

Emerging literature indicates that working memory and attention interact in determining what
is retained over time, though the nature of this relationship and the impacts on performance …

Working memory is an active system responsible for the temporary maintenance and
processing of information in the support of cognition and action. In keeping with this, a …

Research within visual cognition has made tremendous strides in uncovering the basic
operating characteristics of the visual system by reducing the complexity of natural vision to …