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  • Memory Research

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  • Spatial attention is drawn to previously attended locations, whether for perceived stimuli or remembered items.
  • A key difference is the absence of sensory input at the location of a memorized item.

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  • To investigate whether internal attention, directed toward VWM, modulates sensory processing.
  • To compare sensory processing during attentional selection of external (perceived) versus internal (memorized) stimuli.
  • To determine if VWM utilizes the same sensory modulation mechanisms as external attention.

Main Methods:

  • Two electroencephalography (EEG) experiments were conducted.
  • Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) was used to measure sensory modulation.
  • Alpha-power and gaze-position were analyzed to assess spatial biases in VWM.

Main Results:

  • Alpha-power and gaze-position data confirmed that VWM has an inherent spatial organization.
  • RIFT analysis showed sensory modulation occurred only when attention was directed to external, perceived stimuli.
  • No sensory modulation was detected when attention was directed internally to memorized items.

Conclusions:

  • Visual Working Memory does not automatically recruit the sensory processing mechanisms used by external attention.
  • VWM employs spatial organization as a principle for storing and selecting memory items.
  • Internal attention's influence on sensory processing differs from that of external attention.