Working memory enhances visual perception: evidence from signal detection analysis.

We show that perceptual sensitivity to visual stimuli can be modulated by matches between the contents of working memory (WM) and stimuli in the visual field. Observers were presented with an object cue (to hold in WM or to merely attend) and subsequently had to identify a brief target presented wit...

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Main Authors: Soto, D, Wriglesworth, A, Bahrami-Balani, A, Humphreys, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010