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Attention and available long-term memory in an activation-based model

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The influence of attention on memorizing related items and on available long-term memory (ALTM) was explored, showing that N400 of no-memory items was more negative than that of the memory item. The results of the category comparison task indicated that information processing under attention-driven in WM determined the availability of related long-term memory, i.e., specific content, which was formerly concerned or ignored, yielding different indirect semantic priming effects. These indicate that the orientation of conceptual attention leads the related representations of LTM to diverse activation patterns, supporting the activation-based model.

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  1. School of Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, 102249, China

    ZhaoMin Liu

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    ChunYan Guo

  3. Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    ChunYan Guo

  4. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Liang Luo

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Liu, Z., Guo, C. & Luo, L. Attention and available long-term memory in an activation-based model. Sci. China Life Sci. 53, 743–752 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-010-4012-6

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