The retrieval from visual working memory is not affected by chromatic flicker
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https://doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2020.v14.30413Keywords:
Visual working memory, Irrelevant visual information, Recognition task, Retroactive cue, Chromatic flickerAbstract
We investigated the effect of irrelevant visual information (IVI) on retrieving information from working memory. Participants performed a visual recognition task. In half of the trials, a retroactive spatial cue was presented in the retention interval. The IVI, a chromatic flicker, with frequencies of 1.0 Hz, 7.3 Hz, and 15.3 Hz, was presented in the interval between cue and test. The cue improved the accuracy and speed of the recognition task. The flicker did not affect performance. The retroactive cue may allow the retrieval of information to an active state and may have protected it from the flicker interference.
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Derrington, A. M., & Lennie, P. (1984). Spatial and temporal contrast sensitivities of neurones in lateral geniculate nucleus of macaque. The Journal of Physiology, 357(1), 219-240. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1984.sp015498
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Griffin, I. C., & Nobre, A. C. (2003). Orienting attention to locations in internal representations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15(8), 1176-1194. doi: 10.1162/089892903322598139
Harrison, S. A., & Tong, F. (2009). Decoding reveals the contents of visual working memory in early visual areas. Nature, 458(7238), 632-635. doi: 10.1038/nature07832
Hecker, R., & Mapperson, B. (1997). Dissociation of visual and spatial processing in working memory. Neuropsychologia, 35(5), 599-603. doi: 10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00106-6
Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W., & Macken, W. J. (2007). The phonological store abandoned. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60(4), 505-511. doi: 10.1080/17470210601147598
Kemps, E., & Andrade, J. (2012). Dynamic visual noise reduces confidence in short-term memory for visual information. Cognitive Processing, 13(2), 183-188. doi: v 10.1007/s10339-011-0429-5
Kessels, R. P., Postma, A., & de Haan, E. H. (1999). P and M channel-specific interference in the what and where pathway. Neuroreport, 10(18), 3765-3767.
Kosslyn, S. M. (1996). Image and brain: The resolution of the imagery debate. MIT press.
Kosslyn, S. M., Ganis, G., & Thompson, W. L. (2001). Neural foundations of imagery. Nature reviews neuroscience, 2(9), 635-642. doi: 10.1038/35090055
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Lepsien, J., & Nobre, A. C. (2007). Attentional modulation of object representations in working memory. Cerebral cortex, 17(9), 2072-2083. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhl116
Lepsien, J., Thornton, I., & Nobre, A. C. (2011). Modulation of working-memory maintenance by directed attention. Neuropsychologia, 49(6), 1569-1577. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.011
Logie, R. H., & Logie, R. H. (1995). Visuo-spatial working memory. Psychology Press.
Logie, R. H. (2011). The functional organization and capacity limits of working memory. Current directions in Psychological science, 20(4), 240-245. doi: 10.1177/0963721411415340
McConnell, J., & Quinn, J. G. (2000). Interference in visual working memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: Section A, 53(1), 53-67. doi: 10.1080/713755873
McConnell, J., & Quinn, J. G. (2003). Cognitive mechanisms of visual memories and visual images. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 23(2), 201-207. doi: 10.2190/NX2P-NG6L-XY15-P78H
McConnell, J., & Quinn, J. G. (2004). Complexity factors in visuo‐spatial working memory. Memory, 12(3), 338-350. doi: 10.1080/09658210344000035
Pearson, D. G. (2002). Imagery and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. In J. Andrade. Working memory in perspective (pp. 53-79). Hove: Psychology Press.
Quinn, J. G. (2008). Movement and visual coding: The structure of visuo-spatial working memory. Cognitive Processing, 9(1), 35-43. doi: 10.1007/s10339-007-0184-9
Quinn, J. G. (2012). Theories and debate in visuo-spatial working memory: The questions of access and rehearsal. In V. Gyselinck & F. Pazzaglia, From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language (pp. 118-135). Psychology Press.
Quinn, J. G., & McConnell, J. (1996). Indications of the functional distinction between the components of visual working memory. Psychologische Beitrage. 38(3-4), 355-367.
Quinn, J. G., & McConnell, J. (2006). The interval for interference in conscious visual imagery. Memory, 14(2), 241-252.
Salame, P., & Baddeley, A. (1989). Effects of background music on phonological short-term memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 41(1), 107-122. doi: 10.1080/14640748908402355
Santana, J. J. R. A. D., Godoy, J. P. M. C., Ferreira, H. C. P., Farias, K. L. D., & Galera, C. (2013). Interference of dynamic visual noise on encoding visual information in working memory. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 26(4), 735-742. doi: 10.1590/S0102-79722013000400014
Schneider, W., Eschman, A., & Zuccolotto, A. (2002). E-Prime reference guide. Psychology Software Tools, Incorporated.
Snodgrass, J. G., & Corwin, J. (1988). Pragmatics of measuring recognition memory: applications to dementia and amnesia. Journal of experimental psychology: General, 117(1), 34. doi: 10.1037/0096-3445.117.1.34
Souza, A. S., & Oberauer, K. (2016). In search of the focus of attention in working memory: 13 years of the retro-cue effect. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78(7), 1839-1860. doi: 10.3758/s13414-016-1108-5
Souza, A. S., Rerko, L., & Oberauer, K. (2016). Getting more from visual working memory: Retro-cues enhance retrieval and protect from visual interference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(6), 890. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000192
Pucci, I. W., & Galera, C. (2015). Recuperação da informação da memória de trabalho visual: a necessidade de um buffer visual [Apresentação de pôster]. 9º Congresso Norte-Nordeste de Psicologia, Salvador. http://www.conpsi2015.com.br/
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