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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Visual perception
  • Human memory

Background:

  • Visual search often relies on a pre-established memory representation of the target.
  • The role of working memory in guiding search when target identity is revealed simultaneously is less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how visual search is guided when the target is presented with the search array.
  • To determine if a memory representation is formed in working memory under simultaneous target presentation.

Main Methods:

  • 96 participants performed a visual search task.
  • Observers identified if a central target was present in a peripheral search array.

Main Results:

  • Participants repeatedly inspected the central target, even when it was only in iconic memory.
  • Observers appeared to bypass consolidating the target into working memory.

Conclusions:

  • The findings challenge the assumption that working memory templates are essential for evaluating search array items.
  • Iconic memory may play a more significant role in guiding search than previously thought.