Working memory, situation models, and synesthesia

Radvansky, Gabriel A.; Gibson, Bradley S.; McNerney, M. Windy

doi:10.5406/amerjpsyc.127.3.0325

Title: Working memory, situation models, and synesthesia

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Research on language comprehension suggests a strong relationship between working memory span measures and language comprehension. However, there is also evidence that this relationship weakens at higher levels of comprehension, such as the situation model level. The current study explored this relationship by comparing 10 grapheme–color synesthetes who have additional color experiences when they read words that begin with different letters and 48 normal controls on a number of tests of complex working memory capacity and processing at the situation model level. On all tests of working memory capacity, the synesthetes outperformed the controls. Importantly, there was no carryover benefit for the synesthetes for processing at the situation model level. This reinforces the idea that although some aspects of language comprehension are related to working memory span scores, this applies less directly to situation model levels. As a result, this suggests that theories of working memory must take into account this limitation, and the working memory processes that are involved in situation model construction and processing must be derived.

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Radvansky, Gabriel A. ^[1]; Gibson, Bradley S. ^[1]; McNerney, M. Windy ^[2]

Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2013

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1240058

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-624993
Journal ID: ISSN 0002-9556

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: American Journal of Psychology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 127; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-9556

Publisher:: University of Illinois Press

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; synesthesia; memory; comprehension

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                    Radvansky, Gabriel A., Gibson, Bradley S., and McNerney, M. Windy. Working memory, situation models, and synesthesia.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Radvansky, Gabriel A., Gibson, Bradley S., & McNerney, M. Windy. Working memory, situation models, and synesthesia.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.127.3.0325

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                    Radvansky, Gabriel A., Gibson, Bradley S., and McNerney, M. Windy. Mon .  
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  title        = {Working memory, situation models, and synesthesia},

  author       = {Radvansky, Gabriel A. and Gibson, Bradley S. and McNerney, M. Windy},

  abstractNote = {Research on language comprehension suggests a strong relationship between working memory span measures and language comprehension. However, there is also evidence that this relationship weakens at higher levels of comprehension, such as the situation model level. The current study explored this relationship by comparing 10 grapheme–color synesthetes who have additional color experiences when they read words that begin with different letters and 48 normal controls on a number of tests of complex working memory capacity and processing at the situation model level. On all tests of working memory capacity, the synesthetes outperformed the controls. Importantly, there was no carryover benefit for the synesthetes for processing at the situation model level. This reinforces the idea that although some aspects of language comprehension are related to working memory span scores, this applies less directly to situation model levels. As a result, this suggests that theories of working memory must take into account this limitation, and the working memory processes that are involved in situation model construction and processing must be derived.},

  doi          = {10.5406/amerjpsyc.127.3.0325},

  journal      = {American Journal of Psychology},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 127,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2013},

  month        = {Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2013}

}

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