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Graded Memory: A Cognitive Category to Replace Spatial Sustained Attention and Working Memory .

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: In this opinion article we challenge the commonly-held notion that visuospatial working memory and visuospatial sustained selective attention are two ontologically different cognitive categories. We start by discussing the general idea of cognitive categories, and then review some of the key behavioral and neural evidence both in favor of and against the separability of these processes. We then discuss a theoretical framework that could be useful for understanding the neural implementations of cognitive categories. We conclude that the evidence is insufficient to support the assumption that spatial working memory and spatial sustained attention are independent categories, and that further experimentation is necessary to determine the ontological independence of the two processes.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: Camilo D Libedinsky, Pedro F Fernandez

Institutions: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, National University of Singapore, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Language: English

Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2979093151

FWCI: 0.136

Cites: 38

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10