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Riccardo Sacripante1,2, Sergio Della Sala3, Robert H Logie3
1Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. riccardo.sacripante@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Reports on stability of spatial frequency in short-term memory span have confirmed low-level perceptual memory mechanism in early visual processing. However, some studies have also claimed evidence for high-fidelity perceptual long-term storage of spatial frequency. We report an attempted replication of Magnussen et al. (Psychol Sci 14:74-76, 2003) where participants were asked to discriminate the spatial frequency of a reference grating from a test stimulus after intervals of 5 s or 24 h. Group thresholds after 24 h were significantly higher than after 5 s, therefore failing to support long-term storage of spatial frequency.
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