Stimulus modality effects of forgetting in short-term memory.

1972 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don L. Scarborough
2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 2570-2593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Majerus ◽  
Arnaud D'Argembeau ◽  
Trecy Martinez Perez ◽  
Sanaâ Belayachi ◽  
Martial Van der Linden ◽  
...  

Although many neuroimaging studies have considered verbal and visual short-term memory (STM) as relying on neurally segregated short-term buffer systems, the present study explored the existence of shared neural correlates supporting verbal and visual STM. We hypothesized that networks involved in attentional and executive processes, as well as networks involved in serial order processing, underlie STM for both verbal and visual list information, with neural specificity restricted to sensory areas involved in processing the specific items to be retained. Participants were presented sequences of nonwords or unfamiliar faces, and were instructed to maintain and recognize order or item information. For encoding and retrieval phases, null conjunction analysis revealed an identical fronto-parieto-cerebellar network comprising the left intraparietal sulcus, bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and the bilateral cerebellum, irrespective of information type and modality. A network centered around the right intraparietal sulcus supported STM for order information, in both verbal and visual modalities. Modality-specific effects were observed in left superior temporal and mid-fusiform areas associated with phonological and orthographic processing during the verbal STM tasks, and in right hippocampal and fusiform face processing areas during the visual STM tasks, wherein these modality effects were most pronounced when storing item information. The present results suggest that STM emerges from the deployment of modality-independent attentional and serial ordering processes toward sensory networks underlying the processing and storage of modality-specific item information.


1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Wallace ◽  
Pamela A. Steinert ◽  
Stanley R. Scobie ◽  
Norman E. Spear

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Rummer ◽  
Judith Schweppe ◽  
Randi C. Martin

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-501
Author(s):  
Deana Finkler

Four types of word strings were presented either visually or auditorily and rated for grammaticality and meaningfulness. The string types were normal sentences, syntactically deviant strings, semantically deviant strings, and strings both syntactically and semantically deviant. Results for the auditory mode conform to expectations based upon the linguistic competence of the native speaker but results for the visual mode do not. The results are discussed in terms of the inferiority of visual over auditory short-term memory for verbal information and attentional strategies.


1971 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis F. Fisher ◽  
Robert Karsh

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Koorland ◽  
William D. Wolking

Pre-existing preference for stimulus modality is often claimed to control performance on short-term memory tasks. The present experiment evaluated the effects of reinforcement contingencies on task performance of bisensory missing words. Subjects included one learning disabled (LD) male with an auditory preference and one LD female with a visual preference on short-term memory tasks that presented both visual and auditory stimuli. Reinforcement contingencies were found to control both subjects' performances. Results imply that reinforcement variables may account for consistency in a subject's visual or auditory stimulus-controlled performance.


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