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 Concept Videos

System of Memory01:23

System of Memory

Memory is categorized into three major systems: sensory memory, short-term memory (STM), and long-term memory (LTM). These systems differ in their capacity and the duration for which they can hold information. Sensory memory captures raw sensory input from the environment, holding it for just a few seconds or less. For example, on hearing a brief, loud sound, like a car horn honking, the sound seems to linger in the mind for a moment even after it stops. This is an instance of sensory memory...
Sensory Memory01:14

Sensory Memory

Sensory memory captures information from the environment in its original form for a very brief duration, just long enough to be exposed to visual, auditory, and other senses. This type of memory is detailed and rich but quickly lost unless certain strategies are employed to transfer it into short-term or long-term memory. Sensory information is continuously bombarding the human brain, yet only a small fraction is absorbed, as most of it does not significantly impact daily life. For instance,...
Perception01:28

Perception

Perception is a fundamental psychological process that enables individuals to organize, interpret, and consciously experience sensory information. This process is crucial for understanding and interacting with the world around us. It includes both bottom-up and top-down processing, each playing a distinct role in how we perceive our environment.
Bottom-up processing begins at the sensory level, where receptors detect external environmental stimuli. These could include the tactile sensation of...
Parallel Processing01:20

Parallel Processing

The brain processes sensory information rapidly due to parallel processing, which involves sending data across multiple neural pathways at the same time. This method allows the brain to manage various sensory qualities, such as shapes, colors, movements, and locations, all concurrently. For instance, when observing a forest landscape, the brain simultaneously processes the movement of leaves, the shapes of trees, the depth between them, and the various shades of green. This enables a quick and...
Working Memory01:24

Working Memory

Working memory refers to a combination of components, including short-term memory and attention, that allow an individual to hold information temporarily as we perform cognitive tasks. It is an essential cognitive function that enables the execution of complex tasks such as problem-solving, comprehension, and reasoning. Unlike short-term memory, which simply involves the storage of information for a brief period, working memory involves the active manipulation and processing of this information.
Long-Term Memory01:18

Long-Term Memory

Long-term memory is a relatively permanent type of memory, capable of storing vast amounts of information over extended periods. Its storage capacity is generally considered unlimited.
Long-term memory can be categorized into two primary types: explicit and implicit memory. Explicit memory, also known as declarative memory, involves the conscious recollection of information that we deliberately try to remember, recall, and articulate. This type of memory encompasses specific facts, events, and...

You might also read

Related Articles

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

Sort by
Same author

Two routes to a target: Visual priming for direct and indirect attentional sets.

Memory & cognition·2025
Same author

Incidental learning of predictive temporal context within cortical representations of visual shape.

Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)·2025
Same author

Gradual change of cortical representations with growing visual expertise for synthetic shapes.

Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)·2025
Same author

Exploring the Hypothetical Impact of Genetic Engineering on Ethnicity: An Analysis of a Large-Scale Data Set Retrieved From a Museal Setting.

Bioethics·2025
Same author

GraphTrials: Visual Proofs of Graph Properties.

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics·2025
Same author

N-Alkanes in Permafrost Peatlands.

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)·2025
Same journal

Analysis of human visual experience data.

Journal of vision·2026
Same journal

Pyramid-based Bayesian modeling for high-resolution behavioral analysis.

Journal of vision·2026
Same journal

Sensation without perception: The white whale effect and perceptual blindness in autonomous vehicles.

Journal of vision·2026
Same journal

Gaze behavior during closed-captioned movie viewing adapts to absent audio through more frequent switching between text and scene.

Journal of vision·2026
Same journal

In pursuit of saccade awareness: Limited volitional control and minimal conscious access to catch-up saccades during smooth pursuit eye movements.

Journal of vision·2026
Same journal

Dissociable effects of element-lifetime and stimulus-duration on local and global motion processing: An equivalent noise study.

Journal of vision·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 26, 2026

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory
08:06

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory

Published on: August 15, 2010

A short-term memory of multi-stable perception.

Alexander Pastukhov1, Jochen Braun

  • 1Cognitive Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. alexander.pastukhov@ovgu.de

Journal of Vision
|January 17, 2009
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Pauses stabilize ambiguous visual perception by relying on extended appearance history, not just recent dominance. This reveals a short-term memory influencing perceptual reversals.

More Related Videos

An Operant Intra-/Extra-dimensional Set-shift Task for Mice
08:35

An Operant Intra-/Extra-dimensional Set-shift Task for Mice

Published on: January 22, 2016

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
09:13

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Published on: April 22, 2015

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 26, 2026

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory
08:06

Eye Movement Monitoring of Memory

Published on: August 15, 2010

An Operant Intra-/Extra-dimensional Set-shift Task for Mice
08:35

An Operant Intra-/Extra-dimensional Set-shift Task for Mice

Published on: January 22, 2016

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
09:13

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Published on: April 22, 2015

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual perception

Background:

  • Pauses in ambiguous displays are known to stabilize perceptual appearance.
  • Previous models often treated perceptual reversals as memory-less renewal processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the temporal dynamics of perceptual stabilization during pauses in ambiguous visual displays.
  • To determine if recent or extended history influences stabilized perception after a pause.
  • To explore the role of memory in multi-stable perception.

Main Methods:

  • Presenting ambiguous visual stimuli with controlled pauses.
  • Analyzing the relationship between pause duration, dominance periods, and subsequent perceptual appearance.
  • Correlating successive dominance durations during continuous presentation.

Main Results:

  • Perceptual stabilization after a pause depends on an extended history of dominance, not solely the most recent period.
  • Appearance after a pause can reflect less recent, longer dominance periods over more recent, shorter ones.
  • Successive dominance durations are positively correlated, indicating a memory influence even without pauses.
  • Evidence for a short-term memory (seconds to minutes) for perceptual appearance that is robust to reversals.

Conclusions:

  • Multi-stable perception is not a simple memory-less renewal process.
  • A short-term memory for perceptual appearance, building and decaying over time, is crucial for understanding perceptual reversals.
  • This memory influences perception even during continuous presentation, challenging existing models.