Processing spatial configurations in visuospatial working memory is influenced by shifts of overt visual attention.

ABSTRACT: When memorizing multiple objects, humans process them in relation to each other, proposing a configuration benefit. Shifts in overt visual attention through eye movements might influence the processing of spatial configurations. Whereas some research suggests that overt visual attention aids the processing of spatial representations, other research suggests a snapshot-like processing of spatial configurations, thus likely not relying on eye movements. In the first experiment, we focused on the comparison between an enforced fixation and a free view condition regarding configurational effects. Participants encoded objects' locations and were asked for changes at retrieval. One object was displaced in half of the trials and was either accompanied by a configuration or was displayed alone. In

SUBMITTER: Timm JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9910631 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature