Is verbal-spatial binding in working memory impaired by a concurrent memory load?

Authors: Elsley, J.V. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volume: 62

Issue: 9

Pages: 1696-1705

eISSN: 1747-0226

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470210902811231

Abstract:

Binding processes play a critical role in memory. We investigated whether the binding of (visually presented) verbal and spatial (locations) information involves general attentional resources, as stipulated in the revised working memory model, by comparing measures of binding in the presence and absence of a concurrent memory load. Using an adaptation of a probe recognition task contrasting performance between intact and recombined conditions, we found that the concurrent retention of a sequence of three pure tones eliminated verbal-spatial binding. The present study constitutes the first to directly measure the impact of a concurrent memory load on verbal-spatial binding and suggests that such binding may indeed recruit attentional resources, consistent with some recent findings in the visual-spatial binding literature. © 2009 The Experimental Psychology Society.

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Is verbal-spatial binding in working memory impaired by a concurrent memory load?

Authors: Elsley, J.V. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)

Volume: 62

Issue: 9

Pages: 1696-1705

eISSN: 1747-0226

DOI: 10.1080/17470210902811231

Abstract:

Binding processes play a critical role in memory. We investigated whether the binding of (visually presented) verbal and spatial (locations) information involves general attentional resources, as stipulated in the revised working memory model, by comparing measures of binding in the presence and absence of a concurrent memory load. Using an adaptation of a probe recognition task contrasting performance between intact and recombined conditions, we found that the concurrent retention of a sequence of three pure tones eliminated verbal-spatial binding. The present study constitutes the first to directly measure the impact of a concurrent memory load on verbal-spatial binding and suggests that such binding may indeed recruit attentional resources, consistent with some recent findings in the visual-spatial binding literature.

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Is verbal-spatial binding in working memory impaired by a concurrent memory load?

Authors: Elsley, J.V. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volume: 62

Issue: 9

Pages: 1696-1705

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470210902811231

Abstract:

Binding processes play a critical role in memory. We investigated whether the binding of (visually presented) verbal and spatial (locations) information involves general attentional resources, as stipulated in the revised working memory model, by comparing measures of binding in the presence and absence of a concurrent memory load. Using an adaptation of a probe recognition task contrasting performance between intact and recombined conditions, we found that the concurrent retention of a sequence of three pure tones eliminated verbal-spatial binding. The present study constitutes the first to directly measure the impact of a concurrent memory load on verbal-spatial binding and suggests that such binding may indeed recruit attentional resources, consistent with some recent findings in the visual-spatial binding literature.

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Is verbal-spatial binding in working memory impaired by a concurrent memory load?

Authors: Elsley, J.V. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)

Volume: 62

Issue: 9

Pages: 1696-1705

eISSN: 1747-0226

ISSN: 1747-0218

DOI: 10.1080/17470210902811231

Abstract:

Binding processes play a critical role in memory. We investigated whether the binding of (visually presented) verbal and spatial (locations) information involves general attentional resources, as stipulated in the revised working memory model, by comparing measures of binding in the presence and absence of a concurrent memory load. Using an adaptation of a probe recognition task contrasting performance between intact and recombined conditions, we found that the concurrent retention of a sequence of three pure tones eliminated verbal-spatial binding. The present study constitutes the first to directly measure the impact of a concurrent memory load on verbal-spatial binding and suggests that such binding may indeed recruit attentional resources, consistent with some recent findings in the visual-spatial binding literature.

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