Semantic meaning enhances feature-binding but not quantity or precision of locations in visual working memory.

Recent studies showed that real-world items are better remembered in visual working memory (VWM) than visually similar stimuli that are stripped of their semantic meaning. However, the exact nature of this advantage remains unclear. We used meaningful and meaningless stimuli in a location-reproducti...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 2107 - 2119
Main Authors:	Sahar, Tomer, Gronau, Nurit, Makovski, Tal
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Nov2024
Subjects:	Task performance Semantics Data analysis Research funding Sample size (Statistics) Descriptive statistics Experimental design Statistics Short-term memory Accuracy Visual perception Space perception
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