Journal article
Visuospatial Working Memory as a Fundamental Component of the Eye Movement System
Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.27(2), pp.136-143
04/2018
DOI: 10.1177/0963721417741710
PMCID: PMC5967619
PMID: 29805202
Abstract
Humans make frequent movements of the eyes (saccades) to explore the visual environment. Here we argue that visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM) is a fundamental component of the eye movement system. Memory representations in VSWM are functionally integrated at all stages of orienting, from selection of the target, to maintenance of visual features across the saccade, to processes supporting the experience of perceptual continuity after the saccade, to the correction of gaze when the eyes fail to land on the intended object. VSWM is finely tuned to meet the challenges of active vision.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Visuospatial Working Memory as a Fundamental Component of the Eye Movement System
- Creators
- Stefan Van der Stigchel - Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsAndrew Hollingworth - Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.27(2), pp.136-143
- DOI
- 10.1177/0963721417741710
- PMID
- 29805202
- PMCID
- PMC5967619
- ISSN
- 0963-7214
- eISSN
- 1467-8721
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/501100003246, name: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, award: 452-13-008; DOI: 10.13039/100000009, name: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, award: R01EY017356
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2018
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002591802771
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