Any mature field of research in psychology—such as short-term/working memory—is
characterized by a wealth of empirical findings. It is currently unrealistic to expect a theory to …

From vocabulary learning to imitating sequences of motor actions, the ability to plan,
represent, and recall a novel sequence of items in the correct order is fundamental for many …

A body of laboratory work is reviewed suggesting that auditory distraction comes in two
functionally distinct forms. Interference‐by‐process is produced when the involuntary …

The influence of top-down cognitive control on 2 putatively distinct forms of distraction was
investigated. Attentional capture by a task-irrelevant auditory deviation (eg, a female-spoken …

The disruption of short-term memory by to-be-ignored auditory sequences (the changing-
state effect) has often been characterized as attentional capture by deviant events (deviation …

If working memory is limited by central capacity (eg, the focus of attention; N. Cowan, 2001),
then storage limits for information in a single modality should apply also to the simultaneous …

Distraction by irrelevant background sound of visually-based cognitive tasks illustrates the
vulnerability of attentional selectivity across modalities. Four experiments centred on …

Unexpected stimuli are often able to distract us away from a task at hand. The present study
seeks to explore some of the mechanisms underpinning this phenomenon. Studies of …

Background: Research suggests that variability in attention and working memory scores, as
seen across time points, may be a sensitive indicator of impairment compared with a …

The role of memory in behavioral distraction by auditory attentional capture was
investigated: We examined whether capture is a product of the novelty of the capturing event …