Concurrent working memory load can reduce distraction
Kim S, Kim M, Chun M. Concurrent working memory load can reduce distraction. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 16524-16529. PMID: 16258067, PMCID: PMC1283430, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505454102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConcurrent WM loadWM loadExecutive controlDistractor processingStroop taskStroop interferenceDifferent Stroop tasksContents of WMAttentional selectionMemory loadDissociable componentsExperiment 3Target taskType of informationTaskWMInformation overlapProcessingMemoryPeopleDistractionPerceptionDifferent effectsItemsDifficulties