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Memory biases in left versus right implied motion

A R Halpern1, M H Kelly

  • 1Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|March 1, 1993
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Representational momentum (RM) causes people to remember moving objects as having traveled farther. This study shows RM is not learned from the environment, suggesting an intrinsic visual system origin.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Visual Perception
  • Human Memory

Background:

  • Representational momentum (RM) is a memory bias where perceived motion extends beyond actual displacement.
  • Previous theories proposed RM arises from internalizing environmental physics like momentum and gravity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether representational momentum (RM) is learned from environmental cues or is an intrinsic property of the visual system.
  • To examine the influence of object motion direction (left vs. right) and visual field on RM.

Main Methods:

  • Five experiments were conducted with right-handed participants.
  • Participants viewed objects with apparent motion to the left or right.
  • Memory bias was measured by how far participants recalled the objects moving.

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Main Results:

  • A significant left-right asymmetry in RM was observed, with rightward motion eliciting a larger memory bias.
  • This bias was independent of apparent velocity and object type.
  • The effect appeared stronger for objects in the left visual field.

Conclusions:

  • Representational momentum (RM) is not solely learned from environmental physics.
  • A left-right asymmetry suggests an intrinsic property of the visual operating system.
  • This intrinsic bias may have influenced cultural conventions regarding left and right.