Memory for the Search Path: Evidence for a High-Capacity Representation of Search History
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Chris Dickinson Ph.D., Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Using a gaze-contingent paradigm, we directly measured observers’ memory capacity for fixated distractor locations during search. After approximately half of the search objects had been fixated, they were masked and a spatial probe appeared at either a previously fixated location or a non-fixated location; observers then rated their confidence that the target had appeared at the probed location. Observers were able to differentiate the 12 most recently fixated distractor locations from non-fixated locations, but analyses revealed that these locations were represented fairly coarsely. We conclude that there exists a high-capacity, but low-resolution, memory for a search path.
Memory for the Search Path: Evidence for a High-Capacity Representation of Search History
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- Publication
- Dickinson, C. A., & Zelinsky, G. J. (2007). Memory for the search path: Evidence for a high-capacity representation of search history. Vision Research, 47(13): 1745–1755. (Jun 2007) Published by Elsevier (ISSN: 1878-5646).
- Language: English
- Date: 2007