Temporal integration in visual memory (1980)
| Venue: | J. Exp. Psychol. Genet |
| Citations: | 24 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Lollo80temporalintegration,
author = {Vincent Di Lollo},
title = {Temporal integration in visual memory},
journal = {J. Exp. Psychol. Genet},
year = {1980},
pages = {75--97}
}
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Abstract
Iconic memory has often been likened to a sensory store whose contents drain away rapidly as soon as the inducing stimulus is turned off. Instances of short-lived visible persistence have been explained in terms of the decaying contents of iconic store. A fundamental requirement of this storage model is that strength of persistence should be a decreasing function of time elapsed since the cessation—not since the onset—of the inducing stimulation. That is, strength of visible persistence may be directly related—but not inversely related—to the duration of the inducing stimulus. Two complementary paradigms were utilized in the present studies. In the first paradigm performance was facilitated by visible persistence in that the task required the bridging of a temporal gap between two successive displays. In the second paradigm (forward visual masking by pattern), performance was impaired by lingering visible persistence of the temporally leading mask. Both paradigms yielded evidence of an inverse relationship between duration of inducing stimulus and duration of visible persistence.
