Journal article
Perceptual organization influences visual working memory
Psychonomic bulletin & review, Vol.10(1), pp.80-87
03/2003
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196470
PMID: 12747493
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated that top-down factors can bias the storage of information in visual working memory. However, relatively little is known about the role that bottom-up stimulus characteristics play in visual working memory storage. In the present study, subjects performed a change detection task in which the to-be-remembered objects were organized in accordance with Gestalt grouping principles. When an attention-capturing cue was presented at the location of one object, other objects that were perceptually grouped with the cued object were more likely to be stored in working memory than were objects that were not grouped with the cued object. Thus, objects that are grouped together tend to be stored together, indicating that bottom-up perceptual organization influences the storage of information in visual working memory.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Perceptual organization influences visual working memory
- Creators
- Geoffrey F Woodman - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1407, USA. geoff-woodman@uiowa.eduShaun P VeceraSteven J Luck
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychonomic bulletin & review, Vol.10(1), pp.80-87
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.3758/BF03196470
- PMID
- 12747493
- ISSN
- 1069-9384
- eISSN
- 1531-5320
- Grant note
- 1 F31 MH12995-01 / NIMH NIH HHS MH56877 / NIMH NIH HHS MH60636 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2003
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984066383402771
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