attentional boost effect / effet d'amélioration attentionnelle
Synonyms: ABE
Group: Human, Psychology
Groupe : Homme, Psychologie
Definition: "a phenomenon in which the detection of targets in a secondary task enhances encoding of co-occurring stimuli." (Mulligan et al., 2023).
Définition : « un phénomène dans lequel la détection de cibles dans une tâche secondaire renforce l'encodage de stimuli cooccurrents. » (Mulligan et al., 2023).
Broader term: memory phenomenon, attention phenomenon
Terme générique : phénomène de la mémoire, phénomène de l'attention
Related terms: visual memory, episodic memory, divided attention, verbal memory
Termes associés : mémoire visuelle, mémoire épisodique, attention divisée, mémoire verbale
Has study methods: dual task paradigm
Editorial note: For example, participants learn faces while performing a target detection task (pressing a button when a blue square appears next to a face and not pressing the button when the square is of another color). Long-term memory for faces is improved when they are encoded with the target (blue square).
Note éditoriale : Par exemple, les participants mémorisent des visages tout en effectuant une tâche de détection d’une cible (appuyer sur un bouton quand un carré bleu apparaît à côté d’un visage et ne pas appuyer sur ce bouton quand le carré est d’une autre couleur). La mémoire à long terme des visages est améliorée quand ils sont encodés avec la cible (carré bleu).
Selected bibliography: Mulligan, N. W., Spataro, P., & West, J. T. (2023). Memory and attention: A double dissociation between memory encoding and memory retrieval. Cognition, 238, 105509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105509 [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed], Swallow, K. M., & Jiang, Y. V. (2010). The Attentional Boost Effect: Transient increases in attention to one task enhance performance in a second task. Cognition, 115(1), 118–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.003 [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed], Swallow, K. M., & Jiang, Y. V. (2011). The role of timing in the attentional boost effect. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73(2), 389–404. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-010-0045-y [Study type: empirical study / Access: open], Swallow, K., & Jiang, Y. (2013). Attentional load and attentional boost: A review of data and theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00274 [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
Dataset citations: Hutmacher, F., & Kuhbandner, C. (2020, October 26). Does the attentional boost effect depend on the intentionality of encoding? doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/6FEJ2, Mulligan, N. (2021, November 10). Attentional Boost Manipulation, Encoding and Retrieval. https://osf.io/dpaxy, Mulligan, N. (2023, May 25). Attentional Boost Manipulation, Encoding and Retrieval. https://osf.io/dpaxy, Spataro, P. (2022, March 17). Exploring the roles of distinctiveness and performance anticipation in the Attentional Boost Effect. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/U5DKG, Toh, Y. N., & Lee, V. G. (2021, November 10). Response, rather than target detection, triggers the attentional boost effect in visual search. https://osf.io/9b6au, Toh, Y. N., & Lee, V. G. (2022, April 2). Target detection and response both contribute to the attentional boost effect. https://osf.io/2nxmh, Toh, Y. N., & Lee, V. G. (2022, April 26). Why did context memory for words escape the attentional boost effect? https://osf.io/e9cga