Encoding specificity instead of online integration of real-world spatial regularities for objects in working memory.

ABSTRACT: Most objects show high degrees of spatial regularity (e.g. beach umbrellas appear above, not under, beach chairs). The spatial regularities of real-world objects benefit visual working memory (VWM), but the mechanisms behind this spatial regularity effect remain unclear. The "encoding specificity" hypothesis suggests that spatial regularity will enhance the visual encoding process but will not facilitate the integration of information online during VWM maintenance. The "perception-alike" hypothesis suggests that spatial regularity will function in both visual encoding and online integration during VWM maintenance. We investigated whether VWM integrates sequentially presented real-world objects by focusing on the existence of the spatial regularity effect. Throughout five experiments, we ma

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9437652 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature