Fig. 6
From: Early or late distractions hurt working memory differently depending on how long you look
Schematic trial structure of the continuous recall task in Experiment 3. There are five distraction conditions: no distraction, encoding-stage distraction (low and high load), and delay-stage distraction (low and high load). Each trial began with a fixation display, followed by a memory array of three red arrows (targets), presented either for a short duration (200 ms) or a long duration (1000 ms), depending on the condition. In the distraction conditions, blue arrows (distractors) appeared during the memory array (encoding distraction), the delay interval (delay distraction), or not at all (no distraction). The number of distractors was manipulated to create low-load (3 distractors) and high-load (5 distractors) conditions. After a retention interval, a single probe arrow appeared, and participants were instructed to adjust its orientation to match the target previously shown at the same location.
