Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Errors in visuospatial working memory across space and time. |
| Authors: |
Jiang, Linjing1 linjing.jiang@stonybrook.edu, Leung, Hoi-Chung1 hoi-chung.leung@stonybrook.edu |
| Source: |
Scientific Reports. 7/14/2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-13. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SHORT-term memory, *VISUAL cortex, *MEASUREMENT errors, *SENSORIMOTOR cortex, *TOPOLOGY |
| Abstract: |
Visuospatial working memory (VSWM) involves cortical regions along the dorsal visual pathway, which are topographically organized with respect to the visual space. However, it remains unclear how such functional organization may constrain VSWM behavior across space and time. Here, we systematically mapped VSWM performance across the 2-dimensional (2D) space in various retention intervals in human subjects using the memory-guided and visually guided saccade tasks in two experiments. Relative to visually guided saccades, memory-guided saccades showed significant increases in unsystematic errors, or response variability, with increasing target eccentricity (3°–13° of visual angle). Unsystematic errors also increased with increasing delay (1.5–3 s, Experiment 1; 0.5–5 s, Experiment 2), while there was little or no interaction between delay and eccentricity. Continuous bump attractor modeling suggested neurophysiological and functional organization factors in the increasing unsystematic errors in VSWM across space and time. These findings indicate that: (1) VSWM representation may be limited by the functional topology of the visual pathway for the 2D space; (2) Unsystematic errors may reflect accumulated noise from memory maintenance while systematic errors may originate from non-mnemonic processes such as noisy sensorimotor transformation; (3) There may be independent mechanisms supporting the spatial and temporal processing of VSWM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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