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ERIC Number: EJ689033
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jun
Pages: 18
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0096-1523
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Constructing Visual Representations of Natural Scenes: The Roles of Short- and Long-Term Visual Memory
Hollingworth, Andrew
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v30 n3 p519-537 Jun 2004
A "follow-the-dot" method was used to investigate the visual memory systems supporting accumulation of object information in natural scenes. Participants fixated a series of objects in each scene, following a dot cue from object to object. Memory for the visual form of a target object was then tested. Object memory was consistently superior for the two most recently fixated objects, a recency advantage indicating a visual short-term memory component to scene representation. In addition, objects examined earlier were remembered at rates well above chance, with no evidence of further forgetting when 10 objects intervened between target examination and test and only modest forgetting with 402 intervening objects. This robust prerecency performance indicates a visual long-term memory component to scene representation.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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