시각작업기억 및 중앙집행부의 부하가 시각탐색의 효율성과 반응시간에 미치는 영향: 임시완충기의 존재가능성 = Effects of loads on Visual Working Memory and Central Executive on Efficiency and Reaction Time of Visual Search: the Possibility of Existance of Episodic Buffer

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구에서는 최근 작업기억의 새로운 구성요소로 제안된 임시완충기(episodic buffer)의 존재 가능성을 살펴보기 위해 시각탐색과제에서 시각 작업기억과 중앙집행부의 부하가 탐색 효율성과 반응시간에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 실험 1에서는 작업기억의 구성요소인 시각작업기억과 중앙집행부에 독립적인, 그리고 동시적인 부하를 가한 후 탐색과제를 제시하였다. 실험 결과, 각각의 구성요소에 독립적으로 부하를 가한 조건뿐만 아니라, 동시적으로 부하를 가한 조건에서도 탐색 효율성의 감소가 나타나지 않았다. 실험 2와 3에서는 탐색된 대상과 표적자극간 비교에 시각작업이 관여하는가를 살펴보았다. 그 결과, 저장된 시각정보와 입력된 시각정보간의 간섭이 발견되지 않았다. 이러한 결과들은 작업기억 내에 시각정보를 저장할 수 있는 또다른 요소가 가정되어야 함을 시사하며, 임시완충기의 존재 가능성을 지지하는 증거로 해석된다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of existence of episodic buffer proposed as a new component of working memory. To do so, we examined the effects of loads on visual working memory and central executive on search efficiency and reaction times in visual search tasks. Experiment 1 investigated the role of visual working memory and central executive on visual search. The results showed that separate loads on visual working memory and central executive did not impair search. The simultaneous loads on visual working memory and central executive increased reaction times, but it did not impair search efficiency. Experiment 2 and 3 examined whether the comparison between the searched objects and target representation was involved in visual working memory. In result, it was not found that searched-visual information interfered with stored-visual information. These results suggest that another component of working memory should be assumed to be able to store visual information. Therefore, the findings support the possibility of existence of episodic buffer.

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