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TACTILE WORKING MEMORY AND MULTIMODAL LOADING
| Title: | TACTILE WORKING MEMORY AND MULTIMODAL LOADING. |
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| Name(s): |
Terrence, Peter, Author Gilson, Richard, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2008 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This work explored the role of spatial grouping, set size, and stimulus probe modality using a recall task for visual, auditory, and tactile information. The effects of different working memory (WM) loading task modalities were also examined. The Gestalt spatial organizing principle of grouping showed improvements in response times for visual and tactile stimulus probes with large set sizes and apparently allowed participants to effectively chunk the information. This research suggests that tactile information may use spatial characteristics typically associated with visual information, as well as sequential characteristics normally associated with verbal information. Based on these results, a reformulation of WM is warranted to remove the constraints of the input modality on processing types. The input modalities appear to access both a spatial sketchpad and a temporally-based sequence loop. Implications for multisensory research and display design are discussed. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0002084 (IID), ucf:47564 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2008-05-01 Ph.D. Sciences, Department of Psychology Doctorate This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
memory working memory tactile display multimodal multisensory |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002084 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
