Working Memory Has Better Fidelity Than Long-Term Memory The Fidelity Constraint Is Not a General Property of Memory After All

• Published in: Psychological science Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 223 - 237
• Main Authors: Biderman, Natalie, Luria, Roy, Teodorescu, Andrei R., Hajaj, Ron, Goshen-Gottstein, Yonatan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.02.2019; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult; Bayesian analysis; Color; Color Perception - physiology; Discovery; Female; Fidelity; Humans; Justification; Long term memory; Male; Memory; Memory, Long-Term - physiology; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Property; Research Article; Short term memory; Variability; Young Adult; replication; preregistered; working memory; fidelity; color memory; continuous-report paradigm; open data; long-term memory

How detailed are long-term-memory representations compared with working memory representations? Recent research has found an equal fidelity bound for both memory systems, suggesting a novel general constraint on memory. Here, we assessed the replicability of this discovery. Participants (total N = 7...