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visual working memory CONCEPT
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The ability to maintain visual information online for a limited time interval (~ 4 sec). This information is not stored permanently.

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Asserted relationships to other concepts

visual working memory
is a kind of
  • visual memory
    • visual working memory
    is a part of
    No associations
    are a kind of
    visual working memory
  • visual imagery
    • are a part of
    visual working memory
  • visuospatial sketch pad

    • Tasks that are asserted to measure visual working memory

    Task Contrast Measure
    visual attention task
    • d' (difference between correct identifications and false alarms)
    orthographic discrimination
    • average accuracy of controls minus accuracy of participant
    oculomotor delayed response
    • sensory modality
    object-discrimination task
    • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
    • d' (difference between correct identifications and false alarms)
    face n-back task
    • identity detection
    • emotion detection
    block tapping test
    • percent correct (number of correct sequences/number of total sequences)

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