Distinctiveness as a function of spatial expansion in verbal working memory: comment on Kreitz, Furley, Memmert, and Simons (2015)

Alessandro Guida 1 Jean-Philippe van Dijck 2 Elger Abrahamse 2
1 LP3C - EA1285 - Laboratoire de Psychologie : Cognition, Comportement, Communication
2 Department of Experimental Psychology
Abstract : In a recent study, Kreitz et al. (Psychological Research 79:1034-1041, 2015) reported on a relationship between verbal working memory capacity and visuo-spatial attentional breadth. The authors hinted at attentional control to be the major link underlying this relationship. We put forward an alternative explanation by framing it within the context of a recent theory on serial order in memory: verbal item sequences entering in working memory are coded by adding a spatial context that can be derived from reading/writing habits. The observation by Kreitz et al. (Psychological Research 79:1034-1041, 2015) enriches this framework by suggesting that a larger visuo-spatial attentional breadth allows for internal coding of the verbal items in a more (spatially) distinct manner-thereby increasing working memory performance. As such, Kreitz et al. (Psychological Research 79:1034-1041, 2015) is the first study revealing a functional link between visuo-spatial attentional breadth and verbal working memory size, which strengthens spatial accounts of serial order coding in working memory.
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Alessandro Guida, Jean-Philippe van Dijck, Elger Abrahamse. Distinctiveness as a function of spatial expansion in verbal working memory: comment on Kreitz, Furley, Memmert, and Simons (2015). Psychological Research, Springer Verlag, 2017, 81 (3), pp.690 - 695. ⟨10.1007/s00426-016-0765-2⟩. ⟨hal-01873281⟩

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