Reposted by Xiamin (Jason) Leng
How do we regroup and resume goal directed behaviors when distractions pull us away from our plans?
In a snake game inspired memory task, we found people flexibly replan after distraction, but this flexibility was constrained, worked for only one item in memory. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Working memory constraints on replanning following distraction - Communications Psychology
Using a Snake-inspired working memory task, this study shows that people dynamically reprioritize memorized goals after distraction, demonstrating how working memory supports flexible planning in dyna...