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27-11-2022 | Original Article

Differences of resource allocation to active and passive states in visual working memory

Auteurs: Zhen Chen, Qi Sun, Xinyu Li

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 6/2023

Abstract

Scholars have long sought to understand the separation between the active and passive states in visual working memory. Results of recent behavioral studies have provided insight into the independence of storage resources in these two states. To explore how humans distribute these resources in the active and passive states in visual working memory, we adopted the classic double-retro-cue paradigm combined with a continuous reported color wheel to ascertain whether the precision of representations maintained in active and passive states are adjustable according to the frequency of spatial cues. The results showed that two distinct resource allocation mechanisms exist in these two states beyond traditional visual working memory theory and provide further support for the separation hypothesis.

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Titel: Differences of resource allocation to active and passive states in visual working memory
Auteurs: Zhen Chen
Qi Sun
Xinyu Li
Publicatiedatum: 27-11-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 6/2023
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01772-x

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