ABSTRACT

Working memory bridges perception to action over extended delays, enabling flexible goal-directed behaviour. To date, studies of visual working memory – concerned with detailed visual representations such as shape and colour – have considered visual memory predominantly in the context of visual task demands, such as visual identification and search. Another key purpose of visual working memory is to directly inform and guide upcoming actions. Taking this as a starting point, I review emerging evidence for the pervasive bi-directional links between visual working memory and (planned) action, and discuss these links from the perspective of their common goal of enabling flexible and precise behaviour.

摘要

工作记忆将感知与行动联系起来，延长了延迟时间，从而实现了针对目标的灵活行为。迄今为止，有关视觉工作记忆的研究（涉及形状和颜色等详细的视觉表示）主要在视觉任务需求（例如视觉识别和搜索）的背景下考虑了视觉记忆。视觉工作记忆的另一个主要目的是直接告知和指导即将采取的行动。我以此为起点，回顾了视觉工作记忆与（计划的）行动之间普遍存在的双向联系的新兴证据，并从实现灵活和精确行为的共同目标的角度讨论了这些联系。