The attentional selection in visual search within short-term memory representations

The Attentional Selection in Visual Search within Short-Term Memory Representations

During the perception of a visual scene, attention can be directed to parts of the space (Posner and Cohen, 1984), distinct features (Treisman and Gelade, 1980) and, as recently shown, also to entire objects (Desimone and Duncan, 1995; Valdes-Sosa et al., 1998; O’Craven et al., 1999; Schoenfeld et al., 2003). Depending on the goals of the observer, those types of selection are flexibly employed...

The role of visual short-term memory in object-based attentional selection

The present study investigated the relationship between object-based attention and visual short-term memory (VSTM). Three claims were investigated: (a) spatial attention and spatial STM share similar processing resources; (b) object-based attention and object STM share similar processing resources; and (c) both sets of processing resources are dissociable. Although the first claim is well estab...

Selection within visual memory representations activates the oculomotor system.

Humans tend to create and maintain internal representations of the environment that help guiding actions during the everyday activities. Previous studies have shown that the oculomotor system is involved in coding and maintenance of locations in visual-spatial working memory. In these studies selection of the relevant location for maintenance in working memory took place on the screen (selectin...

Attentional Selection and Reduced Interference Improve Visual Short-Term Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Attentional Modulation Of Infant Visual Short Term Memory

Approved: ____________________________________ Thesis Supervisor ____________________________________ Title and Department ____________________________________ Date 1 ATTENTIONAL MODULATION OF INFANT VISUAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY by Shannon Ross-Sheehy A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology in the Graduate College of The Univer...