Spatial–positional associations in short-term memory can vanish in long-term memory.
Studies on the SPoARC effect have shown that serial information is spatially processed in working memory. However, it remains unknown whether these spatial–positional associations are durable or only temporary. This study aimed at investigating whether spatialization would persist when a sequence pr...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 2073 - 2092 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=181119856&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 181119856 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0090502X MEG jtl: Memory & Cognition issn: 0090502X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2024 vid: 52 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 181119856 10.3758/s13421-024-01577-w ppf: 2073 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Spatial–positional associations in short-term memory can vanish in long-term memory. aug: au: Ftaïta, Morgane Guida, Alessandro Fartoukh, Michaël Mathy, Fabien affil: https://ror.org/019tgvf94 BCL, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France https://ror.org/01m84wm78 LP3C, Université Rennes 2, Rennes, France su: Memory Statistical models T-test (Statistics) Dyslexia Descriptive statistics Research methodology Short-term memory Learning strategies Space perception Memory disorders Sequence analysis Regression analysis sug: subj: Memory Statistical models T-test (Statistics) Dyslexia Descriptive statistics Research methodology Short-term memory Learning strategies Space perception Memory disorders Sequence analysis Regression analysis keyword: Hebb repetition effect Long-term memory Spatialization SPoARC effect Working memory Hebb repetition effect Long-term memory Spatialization SPoARC effect Working memory ab: Studies on the SPoARC effect have shown that serial information is spatially processed in working memory. However, it remains unknown whether these spatial–positional associations are durable or only temporary. This study aimed at investigating whether spatialization would persist when a sequence presented repeatedly is expected to be chunked. If chunked, the items could be unified spatially and their spatialization could vanish. Thirty-seven participants performed a spatialization task which was remotely inspired by the Hebb repetition paradigm. A sequence of four stimuli presented individually in the middle of a computer screen was repeated throughout the task. After each sequence, participants had to decide whether a probe belonged to the series using two lateralized response keys. The results showed no spatialization for these repetitive sequences, on average. Moreover, further analysis revealed that the effect was detectable at the beginning of the task, suggesting that the more the sequence was repeated, the less participants spatialized information from left to right. These findings show that associations created in working memory between items and space can vanish in repeated sequences: we discuss the idea that working memory progressively saves on spatialization once a sequence is chunked in long-term memory. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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