Editing Visual short-term memory (section)

In the study of [[visual perception|vision]], '''visual short-term memory''' ('''VSTM''') is one of three broad memory systems including [[iconic memory]] and [[long-term memory]]. VSTM is a type of [[short-term memory]], but one limited to information within the visual domain.

The term VSTM refers in a theory-neutral manner to the non-permanent storage of visual information over an extended period of time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Buss |first1=Aaron T. |last2=Ross-Sheehy |first2=Shannon |last3=Reynolds |first3=Greg D. |date=2018-10-01 |title=Visual working memory in early development: a developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective |journal=Journal of Neurophysiology |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=1472–1483 |doi=10.1152/jn.00087.2018 |pmid=29897858 |s2cid=49189631 |issn=0022-3077|doi-access=free }}</ref> The [[visuospatial sketchpad]] is a VSTM subcomponent within the theoretical model of [[working memory]] proposed by Alan Baddeley; in which it is argued that a working memory aids in mental tasks like planning and comparison.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Buss |first1=Aaron T. |last2=Ross-Sheehy |first2=Shannon |last3=Reynolds |first3=Greg D. |date=2018-10-01 |title=Visual working memory in early development: a developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective |journal=Journal of Neurophysiology |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=1472–1483 |doi=10.1152/jn.00087.2018 |pmid=29897858 |s2cid=49189631 |issn=0022-3077|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Logie |first=Robert |date=1988-04-01 |title=Working memory, Alan Baddeley, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1986. No. of pages: 289. Price £30.00 (Hardback), ISBN 0 19 852116 2 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.2350020209 |journal=Applied Cognitive Psychology |language=en |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=166–168 |doi=10.1002/acp.2350020209|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Whereas iconic memories are fragile, decay rapidly, and are unable to be actively maintained, visual short-term memories are robust to subsequent stimuli and last over many seconds. VSTM is distinguished from long-term memory, on the other hand, primarily by its very limited capacity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Buss |first1=Aaron T. |last2=Ross-Sheehy |first2=Shannon |last3=Reynolds |first3=Greg D. |date=2018-10-01 |title=Visual working memory in early development: a developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective |journal=Journal of Neurophysiology |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=1472–1483 |doi=10.1152/jn.00087.2018 |pmid=29897858 |s2cid=49189631 |issn=0022-3077|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Baddeley |first1=Alan D. |title=Working Memory |date=1974-01-01 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079742108604521 |volume=8 |pages=47–89 |editor-last=Bower |editor-first=Gordon H. |publisher=Academic Press |language=en |doi=10.1016/s0079-7421(08)60452-1 |access-date=2022-05-16 |last2=Hitch |first2=Graham|series=Psychology of Learning and Motivation |isbn=9780125433082 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>