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Color Binding in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory

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Spatial Cognition VII (Spatial Cognition 2010)

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Visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM) is characterized by a limited storage capacity. An important issue of vision and memory research is whether VSWM stores integrated objects or features. Following Luck and Vogel’ (1997), we investigated VSWM for color-color conjunctions. We used a single probe at test to minimize configuration-related effects on performance, and two baselines with storage of single-feature (color) objects. We found that performance with color conjunctions (binding) was even lower than in the condition in which the same amount of features was presented at different object locations. Neural network simulations show that our experimental evidence can be transparently explained in terms of local processing limitations, co-existing with global processing and VSWM storage limitations. Behavioral predictions are put forth.

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  1. Department of Psychology, ‘Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy

    Luca Simione, Antonino Raffone, Gisella Micciantuono & Marta Olivetti Belardinelli

  2. ECONA (Interuniversity Center for Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems), Rome, Italy

    Luca Simione, Antonino Raffone, Gisella Micciantuono & Marta Olivetti Belardinelli

  3. Laboratory for Perceptual Dynamics, BSI RIKEN, Japan

    Luca Simione, Antonino Raffone & Cees van Leeuwen

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  1. Center for Cognitive Science, Institute of Computer Science and Social Research, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Friedrichstraße 50, 79098, Freiburg, Germany

    Christoph Hölscher

  2. Department of Psychology, Temple University, Weiss Hall 1701 North 13th Street, 19122-6085, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Simione, L., Raffone, A., Micciantuono, G., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., van Leeuwen, C. (2010). Color Binding in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory. In: Hölscher, C., Shipley, T.F., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., Bateman, J.A., Newcombe, N.S. (eds) Spatial Cognition VII. Spatial Cognition 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14749-4_17

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