A (further) test of spontaneous serial refreshing in verbal and spatial working memory.

ABSTRACT: Working memory is the cognitive system that keeps a limited amount of information temporarily accessible for ongoing cognition. One proposed mechanism to keep information active in working memory is refreshing. Refreshing is assumed to operate serially, reactivating memory items one by one by bringing them into the focus of attention during retention. We report two experiments in which we examine evidence for the spontaneous occurrence of serial refreshing in verbal working memory (Experiment 1, using letters as memoranda) and in visuospatial working memory (Experiment 2, using locations as memoranda). Participants had to remember series of red memory items, and black probes were presented between these memory items, with each probe to be judged present in or absent from the list presented

SUBMITTER: Vergauwe E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10371951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature