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Representations of temporal information in short-term memory: Are they modality-specific?

Authors :
Bratzke, Daniel
Quinn, Katrina R.
Ulrich, Rolf
Bausenhart, Karin M.
Source :
Acta Psychologica. Oct2016, Vol. 170, p163-167. 5p.
Publication Year :
2016

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