No obligatory trade-off between the use of space and time for working memory

• Published in: Communications psychology Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 41
• Main Authors: de Vries, Eelke, Fejer, George, van Ede, Freek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.01.2023; Nature Publishing Group UK
• Subjects: Brain research; Experiments; Identity formation; Within-subjects design; Saccades; Human behaviour; Attention

Space and time can each act as scaffolds for the individuation and selection of visual objects in working memory. Here we ask whether there is a trade-off between the use of space and time for visual working memory: whether observers will rely less on space, when memoranda can additionally be indivi...