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

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K21062
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology; Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Takachiho 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
• Keywords: 視覚性作動記憶 / 注意 / 視線追跡 / 計算機モデル

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.

Free Research Field

心理学