Binding in short-term visual memory. Wheeler, M. E. & Treisman, A. M. J Exp Psychol Gen, 131(1):48–64, 2002.
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The integration of complex information in working memory, and its effect on capacity, shape the limits of conscious cognition. The literature conflicts on whether short-term visual memory represents information as integrated objects. A change-detection paradigm using objects defined by color with location or shape was used to investigate binding in short-term visual memory. Results showed that features from the same dimension compete for capacity, whereas features from different dimensions can be stored in parallel. Binding between these features can occur, but focused attention is required to create and maintain the binding over time, and this integrated format is vulnerable to interference. In the proposed model, working memory capacity is limited both by the independent capacity of simple feature stores and by demands on attention networks that integrate this distributed information into complex but unified thought objects.
@Article{Wheeler2002,
  author      = {Wheeler, Mary E. and Treisman, Anne M.},
  journal     = {J Exp Psychol Gen},
  title       = {Binding in short-term visual memory.},
  year        = {2002},
  number      = {1},
  pages       = {48--64},
  volume      = {131},
  abstract    = {The integration of complex information in working memory, and its
	effect on capacity, shape the limits of conscious cognition. The
	literature conflicts on whether short-term visual memory represents
	information as integrated objects. A change-detection paradigm using
	objects defined by color with location or shape was used to investigate
	binding in short-term visual memory. Results showed that features
	from the same dimension compete for capacity, whereas features from
	different dimensions can be stored in parallel. Binding between these
	features can occur, but focused attention is required to create and
	maintain the binding over time, and this integrated format is vulnerable
	to interference. In the proposed model, working memory capacity is
	limited both by the independent capacity of simple feature stores
	and by demands on attention networks that integrate this distributed
	information into complex but unified thought objects.},
  institution = {Department of Psychology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA. mary.wheeler@aya.yale.edu},
  keywords    = {Analysis of Variance; Attention; Cognition; Color Perception; Female; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Models, Psychological; New Jersey; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Reaction Time; Space Perception},
  language    = {eng},
  medline-pst = {ppublish},
  pmid        = {11900102},
  timestamp   = {2016.06.22},
}

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