title: Representations of temporal information in short-term memory: Are they modality-specific?
abstract: Rattat and Picard (2012) reported that the coding of temporal information in short-term memory is modality-specific, that is, temporal information received via the visual (auditory) modality is stored as a visual (auditory) code. This conclusion was supported by modality-specific interference effects on visual and auditory duration discrimination, which were induced by secondary tasks (visual tracking or articulatory suppression), presented during a retention interval. The present study assessed the stability of these modality-specific interference effects. Our study did not replicate the selective interference pattern but rather indicated that articulatory suppression not only impairs short-term memory for auditory but also for visual durations. This result pattern supports a crossmodal or an abstract view of temporal encoding.
authors: University of Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: daniel.bratzke@uni-tuebingen.de.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Bratzke
authors: University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors: Katrina R
authors: KR
authors: Quinn
authors: University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors: Rolf
authors: R
authors: Ulrich
authors: University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors: Karin M
authors: KM
authors: Bausenhart
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Representation; Sensory modalities; Short-term memory; Temporal discrimination; Temporal information