Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2011
Department
Psychology
Abstract
In previous studies of interference in vibrotactile working memory, subjects were presented with an interfering distractor stimulus during the delay period between the target and probe stimuli in a delayed match-to-sample task. The accuracy of same/different decisions indicated feature overwriting was the mechanism of interference. However, the distractor was presented late in the delay period, and the distractor may have interfered with the decision-making process, rather than the maintenance of stored information. The present study varies the timing of distractor onset (either early, in the middle, or late in the delay period), and demonstrates both overwriting and non-overwriting forms of interference.
Recommended Citation
Bancroft TD, Servos P, Hockley WE (2011) Mechanisms of Interference in Vibrotactile Working Memory. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22518. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022518
Comments
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This article was originally published in PLoS ONE, 6(7): e22518.