Flexible behavior requires guidance not only by sensations that are available immediately
but also by relevant mental contents carried forward through working memory. Therefore …

Working memory (WM) has limited capacity. This leaves attention with the important role of
allowing into storage only the most relevant information. It is increasingly evident that …

In the visual world, attention is guided by perceptual goals activated in visual working
memory (VWM). However, planning multiple-task sequences also requires VWM to store …

Most everyday tasks require shifting the focus of attention between sensory signals in the
external environment and internal contents in working memory. To date, shifts of attention …

Although working memory is generally considered a highly dynamic mnemonic store,
popular laboratory tasks used to understand its psychological and neural mechanisms (such …

Aging adults typically show reduced ability to ignore task-irrelevant information, an essential
skill for optimal performance in many cognitive operations, including those requiring working …

Working memory is an active system responsible for the temporary maintenance and
processing of information in the support of cognition and action. In kee** with this, a …

Alpha oscillations are often reported to be amplified during working memory (WM) retention,
serving to disengage sensory areas to protect internal representations from external …

Successful listening crucially depends on intact attentional filters that separate relevant from
irrelevant information. Research into their neurobiological implementation has focused on …

Attention can be allocated toward mental representations in working memory also after the
initial encoding of information has been completed. It was shown that focusing on only one …