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| Title |
Limits to the usability of iconic memory
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00971 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ronald A. Rensink |
| Abstract |
Human vision briefly retains a trace of a stimulus after it disappears. This trace-iconic memory-is often believed to be a surrogate for the original stimulus, a representational structure that can be used as if the original stimulus were still present. To investigate its nature, a flicker-search paradigm was developed that relied upon a full scan (rather than partial report) of its contents. Results show that for visual search it can indeed act as a surrogate, with little cost for alternating between visible and iconic representations. However, the duration over which it can be used depends on the type of task: some tasks can use iconic memory for at least 240 ms, others for only about 190 ms, while others for no more than about 120 ms. The existence of these different limits suggests that iconic memory may have multiple layers, each corresponding to a particular level of the visual hierarchy. In this view, the inability to use a layer of iconic memory may reflect an inability to maintain feedback connections to the corresponding representation. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 88 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 30% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
| Researcher | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 17 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 29 | 33% |
| Neuroscience | 26 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Philosophy | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2014.
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