Conceptual Effects on Representational Momentum

Authors

Catherine L. Reed, Claremont McKenna CollegeFollow
Norman G. Vinson, Carnegie Mellon University

Document Type

Article

Department

Psychology (CMC)

Publication Date

8-1996

Abstract

Four experiments addressed the question of whether prior knowledge of an object's typical movement in the real world affects the representation of motion. Representational momentum (RM) is the tendency for the short-term memory representation of an object to undergo a transformation corresponding to the object's trajectory. Using the standard RM paradigm, the RM elicited by objects with different typical motions was compared. Results indicate that conceptual knowledge about an object's typical motion affects the magnitude of RM and, as such, the representation of motion.

Rights Information

© 1996 American Psychological Association

DOI

10.1037/0096-1523.22.4.839

Recommended Citation

Reed, C.L., & Vinson, N.G. (1996). Conceptual effects on representational momentum. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22(4), 839-850.