ArticleVisual cognition2021
Understanding occipital and parietal contributions to visual working memory: Commentary on Xu (2020).
Article in Visual cognition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Visual field map size constrains working memory precision.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Spatial reorganization of object representations in high-level visual cortex distinguishes working memory from perception.Science advances · 2026Article
- Retinotopic Spatial Working Memory Representations Are Not Affected by Task-irrelevant Visual Stimuli.Journal of cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Age-related enhancement of the association between episodic memory and gray matter volume in medial temporal and frontal lobes.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2024Article
- Advancing working memory research through cortico-cortical transcranial magnetic stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Assessing the interaction between working memory and perception through time.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2023Article
- Bend but don't break: Prioritization protects working memory from displacement but leaves it vulnerable to distortion from distraction.Cognition · 2023Article
- Causal evidence for the role of the sensory visual cortex in visual short-term memory maintenance.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Towards a better understanding of information storage in visual working memory.Visual cognition · 2021Article
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Abstract
In her commentary, Xu (2020) admonishes the reader that "To have a full understanding of the cognitive mechanisms underlying VWM [visual working memory], both behavioral and neural evidence needs to be taken into account. This is a must, and not a choice, for any study that attempts to capture the nature of VWM" (p. 11). Although we don't disagree with this statement, our overall assessment of this commentary is that it, itself, fails to satisfy several "musts" and, consequently, does not pose a serious challenge for the sensory recruitment framework for understanding visual working memory. These "musts" include accurately characterizing the framework being critiqued, not favoring verbal models and intuition at the expense of formal quantitative models, and providing even-handed interpretation of the work of others. We'll conclude with a summary of how the sensory recruitment framework can be incorporated into a broader working model of visual working memory.
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