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Participants use memory strategies to improve working memory performance. Strategy sophistication varied by stimulus type, with verbal stimuli yielding more sophisticated strategies than nonverbal ones.

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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Mnemonic strategies enhance working memory (WM) performance.
  • Understanding how task characteristics influence strategy use is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine self-reported mnemonic strategy use in relation to working memory task characteristics.
  • Investigate the impact of stimulus type and task paradigm on strategy sophistication.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized pretest data from two large-scale online working memory training experiments.
  • Coded a three-level measure of strategy sophistication (none, maintenance, manipulation) from open-ended participant reports.
  • Analyzed the association between strategy sophistication, objective task performance, stimulus type, and task paradigm.

Main Results:

  • A significant portion of participants reported using memory strategies.
  • Higher strategy sophistication correlated with better objective working memory performance.
  • Verbal stimuli (letters, digits) consistently elicited more sophisticated strategies than nonverbal stimuli (colors, spatial positions).
  • The relationship between task paradigm and strategy sophistication was less consistent across experiments.

Conclusions:

  • Self-generated mnemonic strategies are crucial for understanding individual differences in working memory.
  • Stimulus characteristics, particularly type, significantly influence the sophistication of working memory strategies employed.
  • Future research should consider stimulus properties when investigating strategy use in working memory tasks.