Oculomotor preparation as a rehearsal mechanism in spatial working memory
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There is little consensus regarding the specific processes responsible for encoding, maintenance, and retrieval of information in visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM). One influential theory is that VSWM may involve activation of the eye-movement (oculomotor) system. In this study we experimentally prevented healthy participants from planning or executing saccadic eye-movements during the encoding, maintenance, and retrieval stages of visual and spatial working memory tasks. Participants experienced a significant reduction in spatial memory span only when oculomotor preparation was prevented during encoding or maintenance. In contrast there was no reduction when oculomotor preparation was prevented only during retrieval. These results show that (a) involvement of the oculomotor system is necessary for optimal maintenance of directly-indicated locations in spatial working memory and (b) oculomotor preparation is not necessary during retrieval from spatial working memory. We propose that this study is the first to unambiguously demonstrate that the oculomotor system contributes to the maintenance of spatial locations in working memory independently from the involvement of covert attention.
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Rehearsal depends on covert control of domain-specific action production systems: articulation for verbal rehearsal and eye movements for spatial rehearsal.
“Rehearsal depends on the covert control of the relevant domain-specific action production systems - of articulation in the case of verbal rehearsal (Caplan, Rochon, & Waters, 1992; Waters et al., 1992) and of eye movements for spatial rehearsal (Pearson et al., 2014; Pearson & Sahraie, 2003).”
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There is not a highly developed short-term memory system for storing visuo-spatial material.
“the conclusion of the task analysis was that there is not a highly developed STM system for storing visuo-spatial material (Alloway et al., 2006; Kane et al., 2004; Pearson et al., 2014; Thompson et al., 2006).”
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- Authors
- Pearson, D. G., Ball, K., & Smith, D. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Durham University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Smith, Daniel T.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-09
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 416-428
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2048574231
- Cited by
- 53
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 0.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cognition (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- Anglia Ruskin Research Online (Anglia Ruskin University) (submittedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-4457)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- spatial working memory, visuospatial working memory, saccades, rehearsal, memory maintenance, memory encoding, memory retrieval, covert attention
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attention, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Neuropsychological Tests, Practice, Psychological, Saccades, Space Perception, Visual Perception, Young Adult, Spatial Memory
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