Working memory updating for free items and for item-to-context bindings: When attention is enough and when gating is needed.
A well-supported working memory (WM) model holds that a "gate" separates the content of WM from information that does not need to be maintained or manipulated. Previous research suggests that switching between opening and closing this gate incurs a response-time cost, reflecting controlled cognitive...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 8; pp. 2621 - 2635 |
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Nov2025
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