Doneva, Silviya and De Fockert, J. W.. 2014. More conservative go/no-go response criterion under high working memory load. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(1), pp. 110-117. ISSN 2044-5911 [Article]

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Previous work has shown that the efficiency of selective attention depends on the availability of cognitive control functions, including working memory. Here we examined the role of working memory in another task involving executive control, namely, a go/no-go task. Participants performed the Sustained Attention to Response Task, which requires withholding a prepotent response to an infrequent target, when at the same time placing a low or high load on an unrelated working memory task. Working memory load had the effect of reducing accuracy on the go trials, when at the same time increasing accuracy on the no-go trials. We interpret these findings to suggest that high working memory load led to a shift to a more conservative response criterion.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2013.855780
Keywords:	Go/no-go task, Response criterion, SART, Working memory
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 2014 Published
Item ID:	9059
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2013 17:16
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2017 14:58
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/9059

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