Memory and data-driven control of selective attention continuous tasks.

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Abstract
After a subject responds to a signal he retains information about it which can facilitate subsequent identifications of similar events. Experiments [2] suggest that information about the physical characteristics of complex signals is stored, briefly, independently of information about mapping rules and information about symbol names. Further experiments confirm that information about the physical characteristics of displays can be available independently of higher-order information. These 2 kinds of information may have different temporal persistence in the human information processing system, and may independently suffer selective interference from different kinds of concurrent activity. A pathway activation model for immediate memory was discussed in relation to the idea that temporal persistence of memory traces depends on the levels to which they are processed.

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