title: A shared short-term memory system for stimulus duration and stimulus frequency.
abstract: Recent research has suggested the existence of a modality-independent memory system that is responsible for storing representations of simple, scalar stimulus attributes, such as the frequency of an auditory pure tone or the duration of a stimulus. In the present study, we modify an existing computational model of short-term memory (STM) for stimulus frequency to allow it to perform STM tasks for both stimulus frequency and stimulus duration, supporting the notion of a common scalar STM system. We further demonstrate the utility of the model by showing that it can reproduce the subjective shortening effect, a classic finding in the psychophysical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Tyler D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bancroft
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hockley
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Servos
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011601:Psychophysics; D013997:Time Factors