2005
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
2004
Neural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load
Yi D, Woodman G, Widders D, Marois R, Chun M. Neural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load. Nature Neuroscience 2004, 7: 992-996. PMID: 15286791, DOI: 10.1038/nn1294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMemory loadDissociable effectsHuman ventral visual cortexVentral visual cortexCategory-selective areasTypes of tasksUnattended stimuliPerceptual difficultiesVisual eventsNeural processingBackground stimuliParahippocampal cortexVisual informationNumber of objectsTarget taskVisual cortexBackground sceneStimuliSubject engagesFunctional blindnessTaskCortexProcessingMagnetic resonance imaging