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Sims, Chris R.; Jacobs, Robert A.; Knill, David C. – Psychological Review, 2012
Limits in visual working memory (VWM) strongly constrain human performance across many tasks. However, the nature of these limits is not well understood. In this article we develop an ideal observer analysis of human VWM by deriving the expected behavior of an optimally performing but limited-capacity memory system. This analysis is framed around…
Descriptors: Models, Short Term Memory, Visual Stimuli, Task Analysis
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Thomaschke, Roland; Hopkins, Brian; Miall, R. Christopher – Psychological Review, 2012
Previous research on dual-tasks has shown that, under some circumstances, actions impair the perception of action-consistent stimuli, whereas, under other conditions, actions facilitate the perception of action-consistent stimuli. We propose a new model to reconcile these contrasting findings. The planning and control model (PCM) of motorvisual…
Descriptors: Priming, Visual Stimuli, Spatial Ability, Vocational Education