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Investigating the role of attention in visual working memory: Combining psychological experiments and computational modelling

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K21062
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Experimental psychology
Cognitive science
Research InstitutionTakachiho University (2016-2017)
Nagoya University (2015)

Principal Investigator

Ueno Taiji  高千穂大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (20748967)

Research Collaborator Allen Richard J.  University of Leeds, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Associate Professor
TAKENO Masae  名古屋大学, 情報学研究科
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords視覚性作動記憶 / 注意 / 視線追跡 / 計算機モデル / アイトラッキング / コンピューターシミュレーション / 視覚性ワーキングメモリ / シミュレーション / PDP
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project investigated whether allocating attention to visual working memory protects the attended items from visual interference or makes it more susceptible. A series of psychological experiments supported the latter view. Also, a series of eye-tracking experiments was conducted to study the role of attention during visual working memory retention and retrieval. Finally, in order to explain both the psychological experiments and eye-tracking studies,a computational model was implemented. The model implemented the role of eye-tracking-based attention during retention and retrieval, and then successfully reproduced the data from psychological experiments.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (7 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Leeds(United Kingdom)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Reading(United Kingdom)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Southern California(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Southern California(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of York/University of Leeds/University of Reading(United Kingdom)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Southern California/Univer sity of North Carolina/Louisiana State Universit(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Leeds/University of York(United Kingdom)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Arousal increases neural gain via the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in younger adults but not in older adults2018

    • Author(s)
      Tae-Ho Lee , Steven Greening , Taiji Ueno , David Clewett , Allison Ponzio , Michiko Sakaki, & Mara Mather
    • Journal Title

      Nature Human Behavior

      Volume: 2 Pages: 356-366

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Meta-analysis to integrate effect sizes within an article: Possible misuse and Type-1 error inflation2016

    • Author(s)
      Taiji Ueno, Greta M Fastrich, & Kou Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

      Volume: 45 Issue: 5 Pages: 643-654

    • DOI

      10.1037/xge0000159

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Does eye fixation have a functional role in visual memory retrieval? Further insights from error analysis.2017

    • Author(s)
      Motoyuki Sanada, Taiji Ueno, & Richard Allen
    • Organizer
      Psychonomic Society’s 57th Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Boston, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-11-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Enhancing semantic cognition of Japanese two-Kanji words using transcranial direct current stimulation2017

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Ishibashi, Taiji Ueno, Satoru Saito, Tatsuya Mima, Matthew A Lambon Ralph, Gorana Pobric
    • Organizer
      日本認知心理学会第15回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Are there multiple ways to direct attention in visual working memory?2017

    • Author(s)
      Atkinson, A. L., Berry, E. D. J., Waterman, A. H., Baddeley, A. D., Hitch, G. J., Ueno, T., & Allen, R. J
    • Organizer
      European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) meeting.
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 視覚性ワーキングメモリ検索過程における注視の役割2016

    • Author(s)
      真田原行・上野泰治
    • Organizer
      第35回日本基礎心理学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京女子大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Staying focused in visual working memory2016

    • Author(s)
      Richard Allen, Amy Atkinson, Taiji Ueno, Alan Baddeley, & Graham Hitch
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Memory
    • Place of Presentation
      Budapest, Hungary
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Executive and perceptual attention: Separate determinants of visual working memory2016

    • Author(s)
      Richard Allen, Graham Hitch, Alan Baddeley, Yanmei Hu
    • Organizer
      International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Granada, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Difficulty in Allocating Attention to Two Items in Visual Working Memory: Further Insights From an Error Analysis2015

    • Author(s)
      Masae Takeno, Taiji Ueno, Shinji Kitagami, Atsunobu Suzuki, Richard, J. Allen, Graham, J. Hitch, & Alan, D. Baddeley
    • Organizer
      56th Annual Meeting of Psychonomic Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 視覚的作動記憶内の情報に配分可能な注意容量の制限2015

    • Author(s)
      武野全恵・上野泰治・北神慎司
    • Organizer
      第79回日本心理学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋国際会議場
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 注意と視覚的記憶の相互作用 - 計算機モデル手法の共有と心理学データ2015

    • Author(s)
      上野泰治
    • Organizer
      第13回日本認知心理学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] アイコニックメモリが一つしか覚えられない?2015

    • Author(s)
      武野全恵・上野泰治・北神慎司
    • Organizer
      第13回日本認知心理学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] If you run after two hares, you will catch neither : Severe capacity limitation of internal attention in visual working memory2015

    • Author(s)
      Masae Takeno, Taiji Ueno, Shinji Kitagami
    • Organizer
      11th Conference for the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC 11)
    • Place of Presentation
      Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2022-06-07  

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