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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Perception and Working Memory

Background:

  • Working memory (WM) influences perception via attentional capture and "tinted lens" effects.
  • The temporal dynamics and distinct mechanisms underlying these WM influences on perception are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether WM influences on perception involve single or multiple temporally distinct mechanisms.
  • To characterize the dynamic interplay between working memory and perception within single trials.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments embedded a perceptual estimation task within a WM task delay.
  • Continuous mouse trajectories were tracked during perceptual matching and WM recall.
  • Hierarchical Bayesian mixture modeling and time-resolved analyses were applied to mouse trajectory data.

Main Results:

  • A bidirectional attraction between memory and perception was observed.
  • Two distinct temporal components of WM influence were identified: an early, rapid deviation and a slower, sustained drift.
  • WM prospectively influenced perception via both components, while perception retrospectively influenced WM mainly through the sustained component.

Conclusions:

  • Working memory shapes perceptual decisions through at least two temporally distinct processes.
  • Continuous trajectory analysis provides insights into the dynamic, trial-by-trial structure of top-down cognitive control.