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Working Memory and Consciousness: The Current State of Play.
Marjan Persuh1, Eric LaRock2, Jacob Berger3
1Department of Social Sciences, Human Services and Criminal Justice, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
|March 20, 2018
Summary
This study examines unconscious visual working memory (WM). Current evidence does not support an unconscious WM store, but WM may process unconsciously perceived information.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Working memory (WM) traditionally involves conscious information processing.
- Recent studies suggest the possibility of unconscious WM, challenging this view.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically evaluate evidence for unconscious visual working memory (VWM).
- To explore the relationship between unconscious perception and VWM.
Main Methods:
- Review and analysis of existing studies on unconscious perception and VWM.
- Critical examination of empirical evidence presented for unconscious WM.
Main Results:
- Current evidence is insufficient to support the existence of an unconscious WM store.
- WM might operate on information that is not consciously perceived.
Conclusions:
- The concept of unconscious WM requires further rigorous investigation.
- WM's interaction with unconscious processing warrants continued research.
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