Disentangling processing and storage accounts of working memory development in childhood

L Superbia-Guimarães, N Cowan - Developmental Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers have been asking the question of what drives the development of working
memory (WM) during childhood for decades. This question is particularly challenging …

A circular diffusion model of continuous-outcome source memory retrieval: Contrasting continuous and threshold accounts

J Zhou, AF Osth, SD Lilburn, PL Smith - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2021 - Springer
A circular analogue of the diffusion model adapted for continuous response tasks is applied
to a continuous-outcome source memory task. In contrast to existing models of source …

Diffusion theory of the antipodal “shadow” mode in continuous-outcome, coherent-motion decisions.

PL Smith, EA Corbett, SD Lilburn - Psychological Review, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Continuous-outcome decisions, in which responses are made on continuous scales, are
increasingly used to study perception and memory for stimulus attributes like color …

Unifying approaches to understanding capacity in change detection.

LC Fong, AG Blunden, PM Garrett, PL Smith… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
To navigate changes within a highly dynamic and complex environment, it is crucial to
compare current visual representations of a scene to previously formed representations …

Linking the diffusion model and general recognition theory: Circular diffusion with bivariate-normally distributed drift rates

PL Smith - Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
The circular diffusion model is a model of continuous outcome decisions, which are modeled
as evidence accumulation by a two-dimensional Wiener diffusion process on the interior of a …

Gaze-based Metrics of Cognitive Load in a Conjunctive Visual Memory Task

D Bacchin, NA Gehrer, K Krejtz, AT Duchowski… - Extended Abstracts of …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Measurement of Cognitive Load (CL) is of considerable importance to Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI) as it relates to ease of learn-and usability. Numerous methods have been …

A single, simple, statistical mechanism explains resource distribution and temporal updating in visual short-term memory

SD Lilburn, PL Smith - Cognitive Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigations into the way that information is held and integrated within the visual system
provides some basis for understanding how visual information is represented and …

Working memory performance is tied to stimulus complexity

R Pusch, J Packheiser, AH Azizi, CS Sevincik… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Working memory is the cognitive capability to maintain and process information over short
periods. Behavioral and computational studies have shown that visual information is …

Comparing exponential race and signal detection models of encoding stimuli into visual short-term memory.

A Larsen, B Markussen, C Bundesen - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
The exponential race model embodied in the theory of visual attention (TVA) and the power
law generalization of the sample size model (SSPL) provide competing accounts of the …

The capacity and structure of visual working memory: testing new concepts

A Miežytė - 2019 - essay.utwente.nl
The capacity and structure of visual working memory (VWM) have become widely debated
topics with a focus on two distinct theories: discrete-capacity and limited-resource models …