P23. Does visual attentional performance determine working memory capacity?

In everyday life, working memory plays an important role. In the case of cognitive deficits, especially in old age, a diminishing working memory frequently causes increasing uncertainty and self-sufficiency among those affected. However, it is difficult to train the working memory to counter the effects of degeneration. Studies, in particular from the group around E.K. Vogel, suggest a link between individual working memory capacity (WMC) and selective attention. Subjects who are able to blend out irrelevant information had a higher individual WMC.

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