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Michel Quak¹, Raquel Elea London¹, Durk Talsma¹

¹Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium.

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Working memory research traditionally isolates senses, but multisensory processing shows senses interact intimately. A multisensory approach is essential for understanding how working memory maintains and manipulates information realistically.

Keywords:

attention bottom-up multisensory integration multisensory processing top-down working memory

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology

Background:

Human experience is predominantly multisensory.
Working memory research has historically focused on single sensory modalities.
Multisensory processing literature reveals significant sensory interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

To review working memory research from a multisensory perspective.
To explore how multisensory information is maintained in working memory.
To integrate findings within the predictive coding framework.

Main Methods:

Literature review of multisensory processing and working memory studies.
Analysis of theoretical implications for working memory models.
Discussion within the context of predictive coding.

Main Results:

Current research on working memory often neglects sensory interactions.
Multisensory interactions challenge traditional, single-sense-focused models of working memory.
A multisensory perspective is crucial for a comprehensive understanding.

Conclusions:

A multisensory approach is indispensable for realistic working memory research.
Understanding sensory interactions is key to advancing working memory theory.
Future research should prioritize multisensory investigations of working memory.