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ArticleJournal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition2011

Working memory is related to perceptual processing: a case from color perception.

Elizabeth C Allen, Sian L Beilock, Steven K Shevell

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Article in Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. Individual differences in simultaneous color constancy are related to working memory.Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision · 2012
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3 authors.

Elizabeth C AllenDepartment of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. elizabethallen@uchicago.edu
Sian L Beilock
Steven K Shevell

Funding

CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL PROCESSES IN VISUAL ADAPTATIONR01EY004802 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SHEVELL, STEVEN K · 1985 to 2011
$2.9M
NEI NIH HHS EY-04802NEI NIH HHS R01 EY004802
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We explored the relation between individual differences in working memory (WM) and color constancy, the phenomenon of color perception that allows us to perceive the color of an object as relatively stable under changes in illumination. Successive color constancy (measured by first viewing a colored surface under a particular illumination and later recalling it under a new illumination) was better for higher WM individuals than for lower WM individuals. Moreover, the magnitude of this WM difference depended on how much contextual information was available in the scene, which typically improves color constancy. By contrast, simple color memory, measured by viewing and recalling a colored surface under the same illumination, showed no significant relation to WM. This study reveals a relation between WM and a low-level perceptual process not previously thought to operate within the confines of attentional control, and it provides a first account of the individual differences in color constancy known about for decades.

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AdolescentColor PerceptionColor Perception TestsFemaleHumansMaleMemory DisordersMemory, Short-TermPhotic StimulationPsychophysicsVisual FieldsYoung Adult

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PMID21480748
PMCPMC3130841

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