Lateralized alpha oscillations are irrelevant for the behavioral retro-cueing benefit in visual working memory

The limited capacity of visual working memory (vWM) necessitates the efficient allocation of available resources by prioritizing relevant over irrelevant items. Retro-cues, which inform about the future relevance of items after encoding has already finished, can improve the quality of memory represe...

Verfasser: Mössing, Wanja A.
Busch, Niko
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2020
Publikation in MIAMI:05.05.2022
Datum der letzten Änderung:05.05.2022
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:PeerJ 8 (2020), e9398, 1-26
Schlagwörter:Neural oscillations; Alpha rhythm; Alpha lateralization; Visual attention; Vision; Working memory; Hemispheric lateralization; Retro-cue; Short term memory
Fachgebiet (DDC):150: Psychologie
Lizenz:CC BY 4.0
Sprache:English
Förderung:Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-14019671407
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.17879/94019644021
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-14019671407
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