Different states in visual working memory: when it guides attention and when it does not.

By Christian N. L. Olivers, J. Peters, R. Houtkamp, Pieter R. Roelfsema. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2011

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An Interference Model of Visual Working Memory (2017, background): “There is converging evidence from several experimental paradigms supporting the concept of a focus of attention in WM that meets these requirements (Oberauer & Hein, 2012; Olivers et al., 2011).”
The Distributed Nature of Working Memory. (2017, background): “Memorized stimuli that are currently relevant for an ongoing task and that are in the focus of attention [186] might, for instance, be retained by detailed representations in sensory cortex, while secondary memory items that are stored for later use are retained in a coarser, more abstract form in a”
Attention to Information in Working Memory (2012, background): “Studies measuring speed-accuracy trade-off (SAT) functions for immediate recognition in a Sternberg (1966) recognition paradigm have provided evidence that the last item in a studied list has privileged status in working memory (e.”
The expected value of control: An integrative theory of anterior cingulate cortex function (2013, neutral): “…and/or biases for responding (governing speed-accuracy tradeoffs; Bogacz et al., 2006; Wiecki and Frank, 2013), templates for attention or memory search (Desimone and Duncan, 1995; Olivers et al., 2011; Polyn et al., 2009), and modulators of emotion (Johns et al., 2008; McClure et al., 2006).”
Human Beta Oscillations Reflect Magnitude and Fidelity of Priority Shifts in Working Memory (2026, unknown): “Multiple-state models (Cowan, 2000; Oberauer, 2002) propose that high-priority items are stored in a privileged state that guides perception and action, while other items are concurrently held in a deprioritized accessory state without driving behavior (Olivers et al., 2011).”
Neural signatures of prioritization and facilitation in retrieving repeated items in visual working memory (2025, unknown): “To investigate the neural dynamics of differential processing of repeated versus not-repeated items in working memory, we designed a modified Sternberg task for testing recognition in a VWM-based EEG study where human participants respond to a probe for an item’s presence or absence in the…”
Neural signatures of competition between voluntary and involuntary influences over the focus of attention in visual working memory (2023, unknown): “…interact to guide ensuing memory-guided behavior (Ding, Paffen, Naber, & Van der Stigchel, 2019; Woodman, Carlisle, & Reinhart, 2013; Theeuwes, Belopolsky, & Olivers, 2009; Olivers, Meijer, & Theeuwes, 2006; for reviews, see van Ede & Nobre, 2023; Olivers, Peters, Houtkamp, & Roelfsema, 2011).”
The neurovascular coupling in the attention during visual working memory (2023, background): “A limited number 4 of available vWM “slots” [3, 4] or limited resource allocation [5, 6] requires attention 5 processes that govern access to the mnemonic processes [7, 8].”
How to refocus attention on working memory representations following interruptions—Evidence from frontal theta and posterior alpha oscillations (2021, background): “…information to be suspended for later use, it is represented in a rather passive representational state (also referred to as an accessory state; see Olivers et al., 2011) that is more prone to interference and potentially to time-based decay (Barrouillet et al., 2009; Oberauer & Lewandowsky, 2011).”