Abstract Capacity-limited visual working memory (VWM) requires that individuals have sufficient space and the ability to filter distractors. Negative emotional states are known impact VWM storage, yet their influence on distractor filtering within remains underexplored. We conducted direct neural measurement of participants (n = 56) who a lateralized change detection task with distractors, while manipulating state by presenting neutral or negative images before each trial. found detrimental...

Human observers often exhibit remarkable consistency in remembering specific visual details, such as certain face images. This phenomenon is commonly attributed to memorability, a collection of stimulus attributes that enhance the long-term retention information. However, exact contributions memorability memory formation remain elusive these effects could emerge anywhere from early perceptual encoding post-perceptual consolidation processes. To clarify this, we tested three key predictions...

In visual working memory (VWM) tasks, participants' performances can be improved through the use of dimension-based retro-cues, which direct internal attention to prioritize a particular dimension (e.g., color or orientation) VWM representations even after stimuli disappear. This phenomenon is known as retro-cue benefit (RCB). The present study investigates whether sustained required for RCB by inserting interference interruption between and test array distract attention. We tested effects...

In environments teeming with distractions, the ability to selectively focus on relevant information is crucial for advanced cognitive processing. Existing research using event-related potential (ERP) technology has shown active suppression of irrelevant stimuli during consolidation phase visual working memory (VWM). previous studies, participants have always been given sufficient time consolidate VWM, while suppressing distracting information. However, it remains unclear whether distractors...

Within the maintenance phase of visual working memory (VWM), previous researchers presented retro-cues orienting to a probed dimension across all multidimension stimuli and found robust dimension-based retro-cue benefit (RCB): VWM performance for cued was better than no/neutral-cue baseline. This improvement is often attributed prioritization information related focused removal unfocused from VWM. However, it remains unclear whether uncued necessary observe this RCB.

This study investigated the temporal dynamics of retro-cue benefits (RCBs) in visual working memory (VWM), focusing on differential effectiveness feature-based (color and orientation) spatial retro-cues. Across four experiments, we systematically varied cue-probe delays to compare how rapidly effectively these cue types enhanced performance. Results showed that both retro-cues improved performance when sufficient time was provided, but timing magnitude RCBs significantly by type feature...

Visual working memory (VWM) is critical for temporarily storing and manipulating visual information but limited in capacity. Previous research suggests that perceptual organization, such as grouping identical objects, may alleviate VWM resource constraints, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated whether orientation stimuli reduce consumption this reduction occurs during encoding or maintenance phase. Using contralateral delay activity (CDA), an event-related...

Abstract Visual working memory (VWM) is critical for temporarily storing and manipulating visual information but limited in capacity. Previous research suggests that perceptual organization, such as grouping identical objects, may alleviate VWM resource constraints, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated whether orientation stimuli reduce consumption this reduction occurs during encoding or maintenance phase. Using contralateral delay activity (CDA), an...

Most objects show high degrees of spatial regularity (e.g. beach umbrellas appear above, not under, chairs). The regularities real-world benefit visual working memory (VWM), but the mechanisms behind this effect remain unclear. "encoding specificity" hypothesis suggests that will enhance encoding process facilitate integration information online during VWM maintenance. "perception-alike" function in both and We investigated whether integrates sequentially presented by focusing on existence...

Visual working memory (VWM) plays a crucial role in temporarily maintaining and manipulating visual information. Retro-cue benefit (RCB) refers to the enhancement of performance when attention is directed toward subset items VWM after their initial encoding. Our recent electroencephalogram (EEG) studies indicate that cue validity affects mechanisms underlying RCB formation. However, previous research has not thoroughly examined whether these differ between completely valid highly conditions....

<title>Abstract</title> Visual working memory (VWM) plays a crucial role in temporarily maintaining and manipulating visual information. Retro-cue benefit (RCB) refers to enhancement performance when attention is directed toward subset of items within VWM after their initial encoding. Our recent EEG studies have indicated that cue validity can influence the mechanisms underlying RCB formation, but previous research has not investigated whether differences exist formation between completely...

Within the maintenance phase of visual working memory (VWM), previous researchers presented retro-cues orienting to a probed dimension across all multidimension stimuli and found robust dimension-based retro-cue benefit (RCB): VWM performance for cued was better than no/neutral-cue baseline. This improvement is often attributed prioritization information related focused removal unfocused from VWM. However, it remains unclear whether uncued necessary observe this RCB. In current study, we...

Human observers often exhibit remarkable consistency in remembering specific visual details, such as certain face images. This phenomenon is commonly attributed to memorability, a collection of stimulus attributes that enhance the long-term retention information. However, exact contributions memorability memory formation remain elusive these effects could emerge anywhere from early perceptual encoding post-perceptual consolidation processes. To clarify this, we tested three key predictions...

Visual working memory (VWM) is a cognitive system that temporarily stores visual information, which essential for higher functions. Previous research has demonstrated internal attention can selectively prioritize specific items within VWM using cues, enhancing performance cued while potentially impacting uncued based on their proximity to the item. The aim of this study was investigate how spatial distance affects role in maintaining unattended representations. Two experiments were conducted...

Identical memory items have the potential to reduce cognitive demands on visual working (VWM) and enhance its precision. Previous studies investigated this question preliminarily. However, there is still some controversy surrounding question, as we cannot confirm whether benefits from identical can be generalized complex stimuli. This study aimed explore it further. We individuals compress within their range VWM capacity consumption. Participants performed a change detection task, memorizing...

Visual Working Memory (VWM) is crucial for temporarily holding and manipulating visual information but limited in capacity, necessitating effective distractor filtering. Previous studies indicate differential effects of distractors appearing during encoding delay stages, how stimulus presentation duration influences these remains unclear. We conducted two experiments to investigate the role on VWM performance under different distraction conditions. In Experiment 1, participants performed...

Visual working memory (VWM) is critical for temporarily storing and manipulating visual information but limited in capacity. Previous research suggests that perceptual organization, such as grouping identical objects, may alleviate VWM resource constraints, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated whether orientation stimuli reduce consumption this reduction occurs during encoding or maintenance phase. Using contralateral delay activity (CDA), an event-related...

In visual working memory (VWM) tasks, participants’ performances can be improved through the use of dimension-based retro-cues, which direct internal attention to prioritize a particular dimension (e.g., color or orientation) VWM representations even after stimuli disappear. This phenomenon is known as retro-cue benefit (RCB). The present study investigates whether sustained required for RCB by inserting interference interruption between and test array distract attention. We tested effects...

Capacity-limited visual working memory (VWM) requires that individuals have sufficient space and the ability to filter distractors. Negative emotional states are known impact VWM storage, yet their influence on distractor filtering within remains underexplored. We conducted direct neural measurement of participants (n=56) who a lateralized change detection task with distractors, while manipulating state by presenting neutral or negative images before each trial. found detrimental effect...

While the previous fMRI studies suggest that contents of visual working memory (VWM) are represented in a spatially widely distributed brain network and EEG have revealed some temporal properties processes, exact spatio-temporal dynamics processes not yet understood.Here we used multivariate EEG-fMRI fusion analysis to combine (fMRI) temporally (EEG) precise information, separately measured (n = 29) during cued delayed orientation change detection.Representational dissimilarity matrices...

Visual working memory (VWM) plays a crucial role in temporarily maintaining and manipulating visual information. Retro-cue benefit (RCB) refers to enhancement performance when attention is directed toward subset of items within VWM after their initial encoding. Our recent EEG studies have indicated that cue validity can influence the mechanisms underlying RCB formation, but previous research has not investigated whether differences exist formation between completely valid highly conditions....

Human observers often exhibit remarkable consistency in remembering specific visual details, such as certain face images. This phenomenon is commonly attributed to memorability, a collection of stimulus attributes that enhance the long-term retention information. However, exact contributions memorability memory formation remain elusive these effects could emerge anywhere from early perceptual encoding post-perceptual consolidation processes. To clarify this, we tested three key predictions...

In an environment teeming with distractions, the ability to selectively focus on relevant information is crucial for advanced cognitive processing. Existing research utilizing event-related potential (ERP) technology has indicated active suppression of irrelevant stimuli during consolidation phase visual working memory (VWM). previous studies, participants have always been given sufficient time consolidate VWM while suppressing distracting information. However, a question remains as whether...