Transsaccadic Scene Memory Revisited: A 'Theory of Visual Attention (TVA)' Based Approach to Recognition Memory and Confidence for Objects in Naturalistic Scenes.

  • Melissa L.-H. Võ Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
  • Werner X. Schneider Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
  • Ellen Matthias Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Keywords: scene perception, transsaccadic memory, theory of visual attention, TVA, processing efficiency

Abstract

The study presented here introduces a new approach to the investigation of transsaccadic memory for objects in naturalistic scenes. Participants were tested with a whole-report task from which — based on the theory of visual attention (TVA) - processing efficiency parameters were derived, namely visual short-term memory storage capacity and visual processing speed. By combining these processing efficiency parameters with transsaccadic memory data from a previous study, we were able to take a closer look at the contribution of visual short-term memory capacity and processing speed to the establishment of visual long-term memory representations during scene viewing. Results indicate that especially the VSTM storage capacity plays a major role in the generation of transsaccadic visual representations of naturalistic scenes.
Published
2008-12-16
How to Cite
Võ, M. L.-H., Schneider, W. X., & Matthias, E. (2008). Transsaccadic Scene Memory Revisited: A ’Theory of Visual Attention (TVA)’ Based Approach to Recognition Memory and Confidence for Objects in Naturalistic Scenes. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.2.2.7
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