Change detection and repetition detection reflect functionally distinct forms of visual working memory

• Published in: Memory & cognition
• Main Authors: Norris, Stephanie, Yonelinas, Andrew P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 24.06.2025
• Subjects: Visual working memory; Repetition detection; Receiver operating characteristics; Change detection; Recollection

To examine the roles of change detection and repetition detection in visual working memory, we analyzed three working memory tests expected to rely differentially on these processes. Subjects studied an array of colored squares and then completed three tests. In the complex-probe test, subjects indi...