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Visual Short-term Memory

Visual Short-Term Memory is a cognitive construct representing the limited-capacity system within short-term memory responsible for the transient encoding, retention, and retrieval of visual information in the absence of continuous sensory input.

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2017–2026

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Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Executive Functioning in Preschoolers: Longitudinal Predictors of Mathematical Achievement at Age 7 Years

Rebecca Bull, Kimberly Andrews Espy, Sandra A. Wiebe · Developmental Neuropsychology · 2008 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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The Capacity of Visual Short-Term Memory is Set Both by Visual Information Load and by Number of Objects

George A. Alvarez, Patrick Cavanagh · Psychological Science · 2004 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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On the distinction between sensory storage and short-term visual memory

William A. Phillips · Perception & Psychophysics · 1974 · 1K citations

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Short-term conceptual memory for pictures.

Mary C. Potter · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory · 1976 · 983 citations

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Dissociable neural mechanisms supporting visual short-term memory for objects

Yaoda Xu, Marvin M. Chun · Nature · 2005 · 966 citations

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  1. MA
    Mario A. Parra

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. PJ
    Pierre Jolicœur

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    15 publications · 961 citations

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  3. RH
    Robert H. Logie

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. YJ
    Yuhong Jiang

    University of Minnesota, United States

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. YX
    Yaoda Xu

    Yale University, United States

    13 publications · 2.2K citations

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    117 publications

    10.8K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    136 publications

    8.1K citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    73 publications

    5.9K citations

  4. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    22 h-index

    51 publications

    5.1K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    52 publications

    4K citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    22 h-index

    58 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    76 publications

    8.5K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    6K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    35 publications · 5.9K citations

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  3. Memory & Cognition

    51 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Vision

    41 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Experimental Psychology

    51 publications · 2.9K citations

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