The present study examined the question of whether pointing enhances the serial recall of visuospatial positions. Thirty-six participants were presented with 40 target arrays varying in length from five to eight items, with each position appearing sequentially in red for 1 s. The task was to reproduce the order of presentation of the positions on a blank matrix. Results showed that, for five-, six-, and seven-item arrays, order memory was significantly better in the passive view than in the pointing condition, and the serial position curves displayed both recency and priority effects. Interestingly, the advantage of the passive-view condition was more pronounced in the early than in the late positions. For eight-item arrays, no significant differences were found between the passive view and the pointing conditions. Overall, the present data provide no evidence in support of the view that pointing facilitates the recall of serial positions
Does pointing facilitate the recall of serial positions in visuospatial working memory? / Spataro, Pietro; REZENDE SILVA MARQUES, Valeria; Longobardi, Emiddia; ROSSI ARNAUD, Clelia Matilde. - In: COGNITIVE PROCESSING. - ISSN 1612-4782. - STAMPA. - 16:Supplement 1(2015), pp. 377-381. [10.1007/s10339-015-0681-1]
Does pointing facilitate the recall of serial positions in visuospatial working memory?
SPATARO, PIETROPrimo
;REZENDE SILVA MARQUES, VALERIASecondo
;LONGOBARDI, EmiddiaPenultimo
;ROSSI ARNAUD, Clelia Matilde
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2015
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The present study examined the question of whether pointing enhances the serial recall of visuospatial positions. Thirty-six participants were presented with 40 target arrays varying in length from five to eight items, with each position appearing sequentially in red for 1 s. The task was to reproduce the order of presentation of the positions on a blank matrix. Results showed that, for five-, six-, and seven-item arrays, order memory was significantly better in the passive view than in the pointing condition, and the serial position curves displayed both recency and priority effects. Interestingly, the advantage of the passive-view condition was more pronounced in the early than in the late positions. For eight-item arrays, no significant differences were found between the passive view and the pointing conditions. Overall, the present data provide no evidence in support of the view that pointing facilitates the recall of serial positionsFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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