Lack of Set Size Effects in Spatial Updating: Evidence for Offline Updating

Autor/inn/en	Hodgson, Eric; Waller, David
Titel	Lack of Set Size Effects in Spatial Updating: Evidence for Offline Updating
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32 (2006) 4, S.854-866 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
Schlagwörter	Experimental Psychology; Long Term Memory; Spatial Ability; Learning Processes; Models; Computer Assisted Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experimentelle Psychologie; Langzeitgedächtnis; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Four experiments required participants to keep track of the locations of (i.e., update) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 15 target objects after rotating. Across all conditions, updating was unaffected by set size. Although some traditional set size effects (i.e., a linear increase of latency with memory load) were observed under some conditions, these effects were independent of the updating process. Patterns of data and participant strategies were inconsistent with the common view of spatial updating as an online process. Instead, the authors concluded that participants formed enduring, long-term memory representations of the layouts at learning that were used to reconstruct spatial information about the layouts as needed (i.e., offline updating). These results support M. Amorim, S. Glasauer, K. Corpinot, and A. Berthoz's (1997) 2-system model of spatial updating that includes both online and offline updating. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10