Serial position curves in short‐term memory: Functional equivalence across modalities

Ward, Geoffrey D; Avons, S. E.; Melling, Lindsay

doi:10.1080/09658210344000279

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“…Guèrard & Tremblay, 2008) stimuli. This finding is consistent with Ward et al's (2005) proposal that the serial position function is defined by the task, not the stimuli employed. Additionally, the finding adds further weight to the conclusion of Hurlstone et al (2014) that "given the existence of a common set of behavioural features, it is clearly more parsimonious to assume that at least some core sequencing principles exist that apply across domains" (p.340).…”

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“…Guèrard & Tremblay, 2008). These findings indicate similarity in the order memory for tactile stimuli relative to other stimulus types, and supports the proposal that serial position curves are task, rather than stimulus, dependent (Ward et al, 2005).…”

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“…Tremblay & Saint-Aubin, 2009), the spatial position of auditory stimuli (Parmentier, Maybery, Huitson, & Jones, 2008), and odours (Johnson, Cauchi, & Miles, 2013). Taken together, these findings suggest that the repetition learning mechanism is a general characteristic of memory, akin to task-dependent serial position functions (Ward et al, 2005; for discussion see also Hurlstone et al, 2014). Whilst, serial position curves and error distributions provide insight into short-term order memory, the Hebb repetition effect is a measure of longer-term sequence memory; the present study therefore examines characteristics of both short-and long-term tactile order memory and compares with previous findings across other stimulus types.…”

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“…Moreover, similar functions are reported for serial order reconstruction (a variant of ISR without the requirement for item generation) with both visual (e.g. unfamiliar-faces, Smyth, Hay, Hitch, & Horton, 2005;Ward, Avons, & Melling, 2005) and visual-spatial stimuli (e.g. Guèrard & Tremblay, 2008).…”

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“…Spurgeon et al, 2014) and serial order reconstruction of visual (e.g. Horton et al, 2008;Smyth et al, 2005;Ward et al, 2005) and spatial (e.g. Guèrard & Tremblay, 2008) stimuli.…”

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Tactile order memory: evidence for sequence learning phenomena found with other stimulus types

Johnson

Shaw

Miles

2016

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

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“…Spurgeon et al, 2014) and serial order reconstruction of visual (e.g. Horton et al, 2008;Smyth et al, 2005;Ward et al, 2005) and spatial (e.g. Guèrard & Tremblay, 2008) stimuli.…”

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Tactile order memory: evidence for sequence learning phenomena found with other stimulus types

Johnson

Shaw

Miles

2016

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

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Organization of visuo-spatial serial memory: interaction of temporal order with spatial and temporal grouping

Parmentier

Andrés

Elford

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Psychological Research

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This study investigates whether memory for sequences of spatial locations can be represented hierarchically, that is, as successive groups containing the order of constituent locations. Two grouping manipulations are used: Temporal grouping, based on the verbal serial memory literature, and spatial grouping, based on recent empirical work on visuo-spatial serial memory. In Experiment 1, we examine the relationship between spatial grouping and temporal order and showed that recall performance increases when both temporal and spatial organization correlate, but decreases when they clash. Experiments 2 and 3 show that the latter result is confounded by differences in path length (length of spatial path defined by the locations) between conditions, and that no effect of the spatial organization is observed when path length is controlled for. In Experiment 4, an alternative method to spatial grouping, temporal grouping, is used to induce hierarchical organization. A recall advantage is found in the temporal grouping condition. The results suggest that hierarchical representations can be imposed on order information for visuo-spatial sequences, either when participants have pre-existing knowledge about the form of the path formed by the sequence or when temporal boundaries delimit chunks; that increased path length is the cause of the performance decrement observed when dots from separate spatial groups are presented successively; and that path length and more generally sequence characteristics should be taken into account in designing future research on visuo-spatial serial memory.

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Synaptic Facilitation: A Key Biological Mechanism for Resource Allocation in Computational Models of Working Memory

Balagué-Marmaña,

Dempere-Marco

2023

Cogn Comput

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Working memory (WM) is a crucial cognitive function required to maintain and manipulate information that is no longer present through the senses. Two key features of WM are its limited capacity and the emergence of serial order effects. This study investigates how synaptic facilitation and diverse display dynamics influence the encoding and retention of multiple items in WM. A biophysically inspired attractor model of WM, endowed with synaptic facilitation, is considered in this study. The investigation delves into the behaviour of the model under both sequential and simultaneous display protocols. Synaptic facilitation plays a crucial role in establishing the response of the WM system by regulating resource allocation during the encoding stage. It boosts WM capacity and is a key mechanism in the emergence of serial order effects. The synaptic facilitation time constant ($$\tau _F$$ τ F ) is critical in modulating these effects, and its heterogeneity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) may contribute to the combination of primacy and recency effects observed experimentally. Additionally, we demonstrate that the WM capacity exhibited by the network is heavily influenced by factors such as the stimuli nature, and their display duration. Although the network connectivity determines the WM capacity by regulating the excitation-inhibition balance, the display protocol modulates its effective limit. Our findings shed light on how different stimulation protocol dynamics affect WM, underscoring the importance of synaptic facilitation and experimental protocol design in modulating WM capacity.

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Serial position curves in short‐term memory: Functional equivalence across modalities

Cited by 74 publications

References 18 publications

Tactile order memory: evidence for sequence learning phenomena found with other stimulus types

Tactile order memory: evidence for sequence learning phenomena found with other stimulus types

Organization of visuo-spatial serial memory: interaction of temporal order with spatial and temporal grouping

Synaptic Facilitation: A Key Biological Mechanism for Resource Allocation in Computational Models of Working Memory

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