creators_name: Hayes, Amy
creators_name: Freyd, Jennifer J
type: confpaper
datestamp: 1998-04-02
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:07
metadata_visibility: show
title: Attention and Representational Momentum
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: percep-cog-psy
full_text_status: public
abstract: Representational momentum, the tendency for memory to be distorted in the direction of an implied transformation, suggests that dynamics are an intrinsic part of perceptual representations. We examined the effect of attention on dynamic representation by testing for representational momentum under conditions of distraction. Forward memory shifts increase when attention is divided. Attention may be involved in halting but not in maintaining dynamic representations.
date: 1995
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Hayes, Amy and Freyd, Jennifer J  (1995) Attention and Representational Momentum.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/627/1/techrep.htm