Short-term consolidation is the process by which stable working memory representations are created. This process is fundamental to cognition yet poorly understood. The present work examines short-term consolidation using a Bayesian hierarchical model of visual working memory recall to determine the underlying processes at work. Our results show that consolidation functions largely through changing the proportion of memory items successfully maintained until test. Although there was some evidence that consolidation affects representational precision, this change was modest and could not account for the bulk of the consolidation effect on memory performance. The time course of the consolidation function and selective influence of consolidation on specific serial positions strongly indicates that short-term consolidation induces an attentional blink. The blink leads to deficits in memory for the immediately following item when time pressure is introduced. Temporal distinctiveness accounts of the consolidation process are tested and ruled out. (PsycINFO Database Record

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视觉工作记忆中短期合并的性质。

短期合并是创建稳定的工作内存表示的过程。这个过程是认知的基础，但了解甚少。本工作使用视觉工作记忆召回的贝叶斯分层模型检查短期合并，以确定工作中的基础过程。我们的结果表明，整合主要是通过更改成功维护直到测试的内存项目的比例来实现的。尽管有一些证据表明合并会影响表示精度，但此更改是适度的，无法说明合并对内存性能的影响。合并功能的时间过程以及合并对特定序列位置的选择性影响强烈表明，短期合并会引起注意眨眼。当引入时间压力时，眨眼会导致紧随其后的项目的内存不足。检验并排除了合并过程的时间差异性说明。（PsycINFO数据库记录