Goal orientation shifts attentional focus and impairs reward-motivated memory

Study 1 results. There were no differences in visual search accuracy across groups (A); however, participants in the Feedback group had a faster search RT (B). During the surprise memory test, participants in the Feedback group had significantly worse item memory (C) and item–scene associative memory (D). (n.s.) Nonsignificant, (*) P < 0.05, (**) P < 0.01, (***) P < 0.005.