Rapid source forgetting across modalities: A problem for working memory models.
Working memory is a cognitive system that enables the temporary retention (usually a few seconds) of a limited amount of information. However, recent evidence has posed challenges to the conventional understanding of working memory's persistence. Chen et al. (Psychological Science, 29(4), 645–655, 2...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 1481 - 1497 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186988126&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186988126 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: Jul2025 vid: 53 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 186988126 10.3758/s13421-024-01664-y ppf: 1481 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Rapid source forgetting across modalities: A problem for working memory models. aug: au: Delooze, Molly A. Guitard, Dominic Cowan, Nelson Morey, Candice C. affil: https://ror.org/03kk7td41 Department of Psychology, Cardiff University, 70 Park Place, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK https://ror.org/02ymw8z06 Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA su: Learning Psychology Attention Memory Cognition Conceptual models Color vision Chi-squared test Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics Short-term memory Visual perception Reaction time Data analysis software Comparative studies Amnesia sug: subj: Learning Psychology Attention Memory Cognition Conceptual models Color vision Chi-squared test Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics Short-term memory Visual perception Reaction time Data analysis software Comparative studies Amnesia keyword: Forgetting Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Verbal Visual Working memory Forgetting Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology Verbal Visual Working memory ab: Working memory is a cognitive system that enables the temporary retention (usually a few seconds) of a limited amount of information. However, recent evidence has posed challenges to the conventional understanding of working memory's persistence. Chen et al. (Psychological Science, 29(4), 645–655, 2018) demonstrated that participants can easily make judgments using a stimulus's identity but cannot recall from which source the information came (presented either as a written word or a color patch) just milliseconds earlier. This "Source Amnesia" carries substantial implications for working memory models but has yet to be explored within the realm of verbal information. We fill this gap by investigating the robustness and generalizability of this rapid forgetting phenomenon. We first replicate the observed effect within the visual domain (Experiment 1) and subsequently extend it to the verbal domain (Experiment 2). Finally, we test the idea that participants may instead encode a positional context (Experiment 3), in line with the Interference model (Oberauer & Lin, Psychological Review, 124(1), 21, 2017). Aligning with the work of Chen et al. (Psychological Science, 29(4), 645–655, 2018), our results consistently reveal a pronounced tendency for rapid forgetting, for both visual and verbal information regardless of whether the information is elicited for recall by format or position cues. The theoretical implications of these findings for current memory models are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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