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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > forgetting > incidental forgetting > attribute amnesia

Preferred term

attribute amnesia  

Definition

  • Difficulty in remembering an attribute of a visual stimulus (e.g. color) during a surprise memory test even though the subject previously paid attention to this attribute to locate the stimulus among distractors.

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Entry terms

  • amnesia for attended attributes

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Chen, H., Swan, G., & Wyble, B. (2016). Prolonged focal attention without binding: Tracking a ball for half a minute without remembering its color. Cognition, 147, 144–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.11.014

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Chen, H., & Wyble, B. (2015). Amnesia for object attributes: Failure to report attended information that had just reached conscious awareness. Psychological Science, 26(2), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614560648

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Fu, Y., Guan, C., Tam, J., O’Donnell, R. E., Shen, M., Wyble, B., & Chen, H. (2023). Attention with or without working memory: Mnemonic reselection of attended information. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(12), 1111-1122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.010

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Tam, J., Mugno, M. K., O’Donnell, R. E., & Wyble, B. (2021). And like that, they were gone: A failure to remember recently attended unique faces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(6), 2027–2034. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-021-01965-2

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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