Abstract

Visual Working Memory (VWM) underlies infants

Public Health Relevance

Visual Working Memory, and the system that supplies it with information, iconic memory, underlie infants

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Type
Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) (R15)
Project #
2R15EY017985-02
Application #
7981674
Study Section
Cognition and Perception Study Section (CP)
Program Officer
Steinmetz, Michael A
Project Start
2006-12-01
Project End
2013-07-31
Budget Start
2010-08-01
Budget End
2013-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$456,718
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Massachusetts Boston
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
808008122
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02125

  Publications

Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Giserman, Ivy; Carter, Alice S et al. (2016) The Mechanisms Underlying the ASD Advantage in Visual Search. J Autism Dev Disord 46:1513-27
Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Guillory, Sylvia B; Blaser, Erik (2016) Delayed Match Retrieval: a novel anticipation-based visual working memory paradigm. Dev Sci 19:892-900
Blaser, Erik; Eglington, Luke; Carter, Alice S et al. (2014) Pupillometry reveals a mechanism for the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) advantage in visual tasks. Sci Rep 4:4301
Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Blaser, Erik (2013) Red to green or fast to slow? Infants' visual working memory for ""just salient differences"". Child Dev 84:1855-62
Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Kraper, Catherine; Carter, Alice S et al. (2011) Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder are more successful at visual search than typically developing toddlers. Dev Sci 14:980-8
Blaser, Erik; Kaldy, Zsuzsa (2010) Infants get five stars on iconic memory tests: a partial-report test of 6-month-old infants' iconic memory capacity. Psychol Sci 21:1643-5
Kaldy, Zsuzsa; Blaser, Erik (2009) How to Compare Apples and Oranges: Infants' Object Identification Tested With Equally Salient Shape, Luminance and Color Changes. Infancy 14:222-243