?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Representation%2C+space+and+Hollywood+Squares%3A+Looking+at+things+that+aren't+there+anymore&rft.creator=Richardson%2C+Daniel&rft.creator=Spivey%2C+Michael&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=It+has+been+argued+that+the+human+cognitive+system+is+capable+of+using+spatial+indexes+or+oculomotor+coordinates+to+relieve+working+memory+load+(Ballard%2C+Hayhoe%2C+Pook+%26+Rao%2C+1997)+track+multiple+moving+items+through+occlusion+(Scholl+%26+Pylyshyn%2C+1999)+or+link+incompatible+cognitive+and+sensorimotor+codes+(Bridgeman+and+Huemer%2C+1998).+Here+we+examine+the+use+of+such+spatial+information+in+memory+for+semantic+information.+Previous+research+has+often+focused+on+the+role+of+task+demands+and+the+level+of+automaticity+in+the+encoding+of+spatial+location+in+memory+tasks.+We+present+five+experiments+where+location+is+irrelevant+to+the+task%2C+and+participants'+encoding+of+spatial+information+is+measured+implicitly+by+their+looking+behavior+during+recall.+In+a+paradigm+developed+from+Spivey+and+Geng+(submitted)%2C+participants+were+presented+with+pieces+of+auditory%2C+semantic+information+as+part+of+an+event+occurring+in+one+of+four+regions+of+a+computer+screen.+In+front+of+a+blank+grid%2C+they+were+asked+a+question+relating+to+one+of+those+facts.+Under+certain+conditions+it+was+found+that+during+the+question+period+participants+made+significantly+more+saccades+to+the+empty+region+of+space+where+the+semantic+information+had+been+previously+presented.+Our+findings+are+discussed+in+relation+to+previous+research+on+memory+and+spatial+location%2C+the+dorsal+and+ventral+streams+of+the+visual+system%2C+and+the+notion+of+a+cognitive-perceptual+system+using+spatial+indexes+to+exploit+the+stability+of+the+external+world.+&rft.publisher=Elsevier+Science&rft.contributor=Mehler%2C+Jacques&rft.date=2000-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F904%2F3%2FHollywoodSquares.pdf&rft.identifier=++Richardson%2C+Daniel+and+Spivey%2C+Michael++(2000)+Representation%2C+space+and+Hollywood+Squares%3A+Looking+at+things+that+aren't+there+anymore.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F904%2F