Implicit working memory

被引:74
作者
Hassin, Ran R. [1 ]
Bargh, John A. [2 ]
Engell, Andrew D. [3 ]
McCulloch, Kathleen C. [4 ]
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Psychol, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel
[2] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[3] Yale Univ, Dept Psychol, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
[4] Idaho State Univ, Dept Psychol, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA
关键词
Working memory; Executive functions; Automaticity; Consciousness; Unconscious; ATTENTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.concog.2009.04.003
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Working Memory (WM) plays a crucial role in many high-level cognitive processes (e.g., reasoning, decision making, goal pursuit and cognitive control). The prevalent view holds that active components of WM are predominantly intentional and conscious. This conception is oftentimes expressed explicitly, but it is best reflected in the nature of major WM tasks: All of them are blatantly explicit. We developed two new WM paradigms that allow for an examination of the role of conscious awareness in WM. Results from five studies show that WM can operate unintentionally and outside of conscious awareness, thus suggesting that the current view should be expanded to include implicit WM. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:665 / 678
页数:14
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