Calia, C, Darling, S, Havelka, J orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-2135 et al. (1 more author) (2019) Visuospatial bootstrapping: binding useful visuospatial information during verbal working memory encoding does not require set-shifting executive resources. The Quarterly journal of experimental psychology, 72 (4). pp. 913-921. ISSN 1747-0218
Abstract
Immediate serial recall of digits is better when the digits are shown by highlighting them in a familiar array, such as a phone keypad, compared to presenting them serially in a single location; a pattern referred to as ‘visuospatial bootstrapping’. This pattern implies the
establishment of temporary links between verbal and spatial working memory, alongside access to information in long term memory. However, the role of working memory control processes like those implied by the ‘Central Executive’ in bootstrapping has not been directly
investigated. Here we report a study addressing this issue, focusing on executive processes of attentional shifting. Tasks in which information has to be sequenced are thought to be heavily dependent on shifting. Memory for digits presented in keypads versus single locations was
assessed under two secondary task load conditions, one with and one without a sequencing requirement, and hence differing in the degree to which they invoke shifting. Results provided clear evidence that multimodal binding (visuospatial bootstrapping) can operate
independently of this form of executive control process.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018, Experimental Psychology Society. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Working Memory, Central Executive, Visuospatial Bootstrapping, Executive |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2018 12:17 |
Last Modified: | 02 May 2019 12:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1747021818772518 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129798 |