Age Differences in the Efficiency of Filtering and Ignoring Distraction in Visual Working Memory

Healthy aging is associated with decline in the ability to maintain visual information in working memory (WM). We examined whether this decline can be explained by decreases in the ability to filter distraction during encoding or to ignore distraction during memory maintenance. Distraction consisted...

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Main Authors: Mariana R. Maniglia, Alessandra S. Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/8/556