NCT05863715

Working Memory Quality of Attentional Templates

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lehigh University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this line of research, the researchers are examining a basic science question regarding the working memory representations underlying visual search using a positive template (looking for a target) or a negative template (avoiding a distractor).

Detailed description

When finding a search target, receiving a target cue or distractor cue can increase search efficiency. Critically, in order to use these cues to help search performance, they must be maintained in working memory. The researchers are examining whether the working memory representations are of similar quality for a target cue (positive template) or distractor cue (negative template).

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Visual Search Cue Type	Participants receive a target color cue (positive), a distractor color cue (negative), or a neutral non-informative cue prior to visual search.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-27
• Primary completion: 2022-11-17
• Completion: 2022-11-17
• First posted: 2023-05-18
• Last updated: 2023-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States