A visuospatial “phonological loop” in working memory: Evidence from American Sign Language

• Published in: Memory & cognition Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 313 - 320
• Main Authors: Wilson, Margaret, Emmorey, Karen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Austin, TX Psychonomic Society 01.05.1997; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; American Sign Language; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Eyes & eyesight; Form Perception; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hearing Disorders; Human; Humans; Learning. Memory; Memory; Memory - physiology; Phonetics; Phonological Processing; Phonology; Proprioception; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Recall; Sensory perception; Serial Learning; Short Term Memory; Sign Language; Visual Perception; Human; Sign language; Phonological loop; American Sign Language; Vision; Cognition; Working memory; Joint; Visuospatial sketchpad; Spatial memory

In two experiments, the question of whether working memory could support an articulatory rehearsal loop in the visuospatial domain was investigated. Deaf subjects fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) were tested on immediate serial recall. In Experiment 1, with ASL stimuli, evidence was found for...