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Nov, 2013

Temporal characteristics of the effects of visual pattern redundancy on encoding and storage processes: evidence from rapid serial visual presentation

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
  • Junichi Takahashi
  • ,
  • Souta Hidaka
  • ,
  • Wataru Teramoto
  • ,
  • Jiro Gyoba

Volume
77
Number
6
First page
687
Last page
697
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1007/s00426-012-0474-4
Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

Pattern redundancy is a key concept for representing the amount of internal mental load (encoding efficiency) needed for pattern perception/recognition. The present study investigated how pattern redundancy influences encoding and memory processes in the visual system using a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) paradigm. With RSVP, it is well known that participants often fail to detect repetitions of words (repetition blindness, RB). We used this phenomenon as an index of the encoding and storage of visual patterns. In three experiments, we presented patterns with higher and lower redundancy, as defined by Garner's equivalent set size (ESS). The results showed that RB occurred more frequently for higher redundancy patterns when the temporal distance between the targets was less than 500 ms; this tendency was reversed with longer temporal distances of over 500 ms. Our results suggest that pattern redundancy modulates both the early encoding and subsequent memory processes of a representation.

Link information
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-012-0474-4
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23344902
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000325712300002&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23344902
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1007/s00426-012-0474-4
  • ISSN : 0340-0727
  • eISSN : 1430-2772
  • ORCID - Put Code : 33583866
  • Pubmed ID : 23344902
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000325712300002

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