dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Ryan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-10T18:18:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-10T18:18:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/82365 | |
dc.description.abstract | We embedded a serial and pop-out visual search into the study phase of an item-method directed forgetting paradigm to assess attentional availability following instructions to remember (R) or forget (F). Study words were presented to the left or right of a central fixation (Experiments 1-2) or at center (Experiments 3-5), followed by a visual (Experiments 1-4) or auditory (Experiment 5) memory instruction, and then by the search display. Although the evidence did not support a differential withdrawal of attention following F compared to R instructions, Experiment 5 replicated slower response times to visual targets that followed F compared to R instructions (e.g. Fawcett and Taylor, 2008) - consistent with the view that intentional forgetting engages an active cognitive process. We speculate that this active process might be a non-attentional inhibitory mechanism that is employed to further reduce the encoding of F items alongside selective rehearsal of R over F items. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | directed forgetting | en_US |
dc.subject | intentional forgetting | en_US |
dc.subject | visual search | en_US |
dc.subject | attention | en_US |
dc.subject | memory | en_US |
dc.title | EXPLORING THE ROLE OF ATTENTIONAL WITHDRAWAL IN ITEM-METHOD DIRECTED FORGETTING THROUGH VISUAL SEARCH | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2023-03-23 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Psychology and Neuroscience | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Tamara Franklin | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Ray Klein | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Jason Ivanoff | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Tracy Taylor-Helmick | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | No | en_US |