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Representations of temporal information in short-term memory: Are they modality-specific?
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Acta Psychologica . Oct2016, Vol. 170, p163-167. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Rattat and Picard (2012) reported that the coding of temporal information in short-term memory is modality-specific, that is, temporal information received via the visual (auditory) modality is stored as a visual (auditory) code. This conclusion was supported by modality-specific interference effects on visual and auditory duration discrimination, which were induced by secondary tasks (visual tracking or articulatory suppression), presented during a retention interval. The present study assessed the stability of these modality-specific interference effects. Our study did not replicate the selective interference pattern but rather indicated that articulatory suppression not only impairs short-term memory for auditory but also for visual durations. This result pattern supports a crossmodal or an abstract view of temporal encoding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00016918
- Volume :
- 170
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Acta Psychologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118357728
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.08.002