title: Individual differences in simultaneous color constancy are related to working             memory.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, 5848 South University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. elizabethallen@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Sian L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Beilock
authors.forename: Steven K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shevell
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors