Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Selective interference reveals dissociation between memory for location and colour.

V Vuontela1, P Rämä, A Raninen

  • 1Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Neuroreport
|August 10, 1999
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Prospective Multicenter Observational Study of Patients in Shock Treated with Vasopressin: VASOPRES Registry Study Protocol.

Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion·2025
Same author

Potential <i>in-vitro</i> antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of <i>Martynia annua</i> extract mediated Phytosynthesis of MnO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles.

Heliyon·2024
Same author

Photo Quiz: Therapeutic Contact Lens-Associated Fungal Keratitis.

Journal of clinical microbiology·2023
Same author

Answer to July 2023 Photo Quiz.

Journal of clinical microbiology·2023
Same author

Eco-friendly green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from <i>Aegle marmelos</i> leaf extract and their antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer and photocatalytic degradation activity.

Heliyon·2023
Same author

Critically ill COVID-19 patients attended by anesthesiologists in northwestern Spain: a multicenter prospective observational study.

Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion·2020

This study found that visual working memory for spatial location and color are processed separately. Disruptions affected spatial tasks more than color tasks, supporting distinct processing pathways.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental Psychology

Background:

  • Working memory is crucial for temporarily storing and manipulating information.
  • The precise mechanisms underlying the separation of different information types (e.g., spatial vs. color) within visual working memory are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate potential dissociations in the processing of visuospatial and color information within human working memory.
  • To determine if distinct neural or cognitive mechanisms underlie the retention of spatial location versus color attributes.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed visuospatial and color n-back tasks under varying memory load conditions.
  • Distractor stimuli (visuospatial or color) were introduced during the delay period to assess interference effects.
  • Articulatory suppression was employed to inhibit subvocal rehearsal in the color task.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Visuospatial tasks were selectively impaired by visuospatial distractors, particularly under high memory load.
  • Color tasks were not significantly disrupted by visuospatial distractors.
  • Articulatory suppression impaired color task performance, and this impairment was exacerbated by color-specific distractors.

Conclusions:

  • Evidence suggests a dissociation between the working memory systems responsible for processing spatial location and color.
  • These findings support models positing separate subsystems within visual working memory for different feature dimensions.