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Short-term memory for auditory and visual durations: evidence for selective interference effects

Auteurs: Anne-Claire Rattat, Delphine Picard

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 1/2012

Abstract

The present study sought to determine the format in which visual, auditory and auditory-visual durations ranging from 400 to 600 ms are encoded and maintained in short-term memory, using suppression conditions. Participants compared two stimulus durations separated by an interval of 8 s. During this time, they performed either an articulatory suppression task, a visuospatial tracking task or no specific task at all (control condition). The results showed that the articulatory suppression task decreased recognition performance for auditory durations but not for visual or bimodal ones, whereas the visuospatial task decreased recognition performance for visual durations but not for auditory or bimodal ones. These findings support the modality-specific account of short-term memory for durations.

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Titel: Short-term memory for auditory and visual durations: evidence for selective interference effects
Auteurs: Anne-Claire Rattat
Delphine Picard
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-011-0326-7

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