Does attention control directly enter into visual working memory?
” Perception 33 ECVP Abstract Supplement Does attention control directly enter into visual working memory? E Gavault, T Ripoll Schmidt et al (2002 Perception & Psychophysics 64 754 – 763) were the first to show that attention can automatically influence the transfer of perceptual representations of colours into visual working memory. For this, they used attention-directing cues presented before or after a memory array consisting of six coloured squares. Given that colour perception and shape perception require different attentional processing, we predicted that relations between working memory and attention will not be the same for colours and shape. Furthermore, to better simulate ecological visual conditions, cues directed attention during the presentation of the memory array. To do so, we used a pop-out: one shape differed from the others with respect to the colour. We found that performance was more accurate when a cued shape was probed than when an uncued shape was probed. However
