Reprioritization of Features of Multidimensional Objects Stored in Visual Working Memory.

ABSTRACT: A prevalent view of visual working memory (VWM) is that visual information is actively maintained in the form of perceptually integrated objects. Such reliance on object-based representations would predict that after an object is fully encoded into VWM, all features of that object would need to be maintained as a coherent unit. Here, we evaluated this idea by testing whether memory resources can be redeployed to a specific feature of an object already stored in VWM. We found that observers can utilize a retrospective cue presented during the maintenance period to attenuate both the gradual deterioration and complete loss of memory for a cued feature over time, but at the cost of accelerated loss of information regarding the uncued feature. Our findings demonstrate that object representatio

SUBMITTER: Park YE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725244 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature