Are eye movements and covert shifts of attention functional for memory retrieval?

verfasst von

Ruhi Bhanap, Klaus Oberauer, Agnes Rosner

Abstract

During memory retrieval, people tend to look back at locations where the information was previously presented, known as the Looking at Nothing effect (LAN). Scholz et al. [2018] reported that LAN can be functional for memory not only through eye movements (EM) but also by covert shifts of attention (CA). In our study, we aimed to replicate their findings in an associative recognition task. During encoding, participants were twice presented with three word-pairs at three locations. At retrieval, we manipulated EM or CA to a congruent, incongruent, or central location with a digit tracking task and simultaneously tested their memory with aural cues. We observed a trend with higher accuracy for the congruent over incongruent trials for both EM and CA, however, this trend was not credible statistically. We discuss the differences in studies and implications for testing the link between attention, eye movements and memory. Data and Analysis Scripts: osf.io/xf9sb/

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Psychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Zürich (UZH)

Typ

Aufsatz in Konferenzband

Anzahl der Seiten

Publikationsdatum

04.06.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Maschinelles Sehen und Mustererkennung, Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion, Ophthalmologie, Sensorische Systeme

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1145/3649902.3653355 (Zugang: Offen)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{cb35501351a34c738021c3dfd8f59090,
title = "Are eye movements and covert shifts of attention functional for memory retrieval?",
abstract = "During memory retrieval, people tend to look back at locations where the information was previously presented, known as the Looking at Nothing effect (LAN). Scholz et al. [2018] reported that LAN can be functional for memory not only through eye movements (EM) but also by covert shifts of attention (CA). In our study, we aimed to replicate their findings in an associative recognition task. During encoding, participants were twice presented with three word-pairs at three locations. At retrieval, we manipulated EM or CA to a congruent, incongruent, or central location with a digit tracking task and simultaneously tested their memory with aural cues. We observed a trend with higher accuracy for the congruent over incongruent trials for both EM and CA, however, this trend was not credible statistically. We discuss the differences in studies and implications for testing the link between attention, eye movements and memory. Data and Analysis Scripts: https://osf.io/xf9sb/",
keywords = "Eye Movement and Cognition, Memory",
author = "Ruhi Bhanap and Klaus Oberauer and Agnes Rosner",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 Owner/Author.; 16th Annual ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2024 ; Conference date: 04-06-2024 Through 07-06-2024",
year = "2024",
month = jun,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1145/3649902.3653355",
language = "English",
series = "Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA)",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
editor = "Spencer, {Stephen N.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2024 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications",
}