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Individual differences in simultaneous color constancy are related to working memory |
JOSA A, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. A52-A59 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.000A52
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Abstract
Few studies have investigated the possible role of higher-level cognitive mechanisms in color constancy. Following up on previous work with successive color constancy [J. Exper. Psychol. Learn. Mem. Cogn. 37, 1014 (2011)], the current study examined the relation between simultaneous color constancy and working memory—the ability to maintain a desired representation while suppressing irrelevant information. Higher working memory was associated with poorer simultaneous color constancy of a chromatically complex stimulus. Ways in which the executive attention mechanism of working memory may account for this are discussed. This finding supports a role for higher-level cognitive mechanisms in color constancy and is the first to demonstrate a relation between simultaneous color constancy and a complex cognitive ability.
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OCIS Codes
(330.0330) Vision, color, and visual optics : Vision, color, and visual optics
(330.1690) Vision, color, and visual optics : Color
(330.1720) Vision, color, and visual optics : Color vision
(330.5020) Vision, color, and visual optics : Perception psychology
(330.5510) Vision, color, and visual optics : Psychophysics
(330.7310) Vision, color, and visual optics : Vision
ToC Category:
Color sensitivity and appearance
History
Original Manuscript: September 6, 2011
Revised Manuscript: November 2, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: November 9, 2011
Published: January 13, 2012
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Citation
Elizabeth C. Allen, Sian L. Beilock, and Steven K. Shevell, "Individual differences in simultaneous color constancy are related to working
memory," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, A52-A59 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-29-2-A52
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