Abstract

SILVA, Stéphanie  and  GALERA, Cesar. The retrieval from visual working memory is not affected by chromatic flicker. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.3, pp. 133-151. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2020.v14.30413.

We investigated the effect of irrelevant visual information (IVI) on retrieving information from working memory. Participants performed a visual recognition task. In half of the trials, a retroactive spatial cue was presented in the retention interval. The IVI, a chromatic flicker, with frequencies of 1.0 Hz, 7.3 Hz, and 15.3 Hz, was presented in the interval between cue and test. The cue improved the accuracy and speed of the recognition task. The flicker did not affect performance. The retroactive cue may allow the retrieval of information to an active state and may have protected it from the flicker interference.

Keywords : Visual Working Memory; Irrelevant Visual Information; Recognition Task; Retroactive Cue; Chromatic Flicker.

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