Bull, Rebecca
(2017).
Measurement and interference of visual-spatial memory.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850101
Data description (abstract)
The structure and function of visual-spatial working memory are currently attracting great interest from cognitive, neuropsychological, and developmental perspectives. Despite evidence that visual and spatial working memory may be dissociable, many studies make use of complex tasks where the relative weight of visual and spatial processing is unknown and which often make demands on attentional executive resources. This research program will use dual-task methodology to assess the utility of newly developed tasks to specifically assess either visual or spatial working memory in children and adults. By administering secondary tasks that vary in the extent to which they involve visual, spatial, verbal, and executive processing, it will be possible to determine whether visual and spatial memory are dissociable, how they can be measured in their 'purest' form, and the methods by which it is possible to selectively disrupt visual or spatial processing. The results have the potential to be of benefit to researchers in a variety of domains where an understanding of the visual-spatial skills and resources is important, for example, children's learning and developmental disorders, expertise domains, psychological disorders, and memory recollection.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Bull Rebecca |
University of Aberdeen |
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| Contributors: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Hamilton CJ |
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| Pearson David |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
RES-000-22-1507
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| Topic classification: |
Psychology
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| Date published: |
29 Jan 2009 08:44
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| Last modified: |
10 Jul 2017 10:07
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 1 May 2006 | 30 September 2007 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Data collection method: |
Experimental research Computerised data collection (quantitative) in laboratory experiments and computerised data collection from children in schools. Observation unit = individuals.
Two datafiles.
1. Data collected from adults showing accuracy or response times on measures of visual, spatial, and verbal memory. All variables are fully labelled within the SPSS data set. 52 variables x 118 cases
2. Data collected from children showing accuracy or response times on measures of visual, spatial, and verbal memory. All variables are fully labelled within the SPSS data set. 27 variables x 43 cases |
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Individual |
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Numeric |
| Type of data: |
Experimental data
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| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
All research was conducted in accordance with the Ethical Guidelines of the British Psychological Society. Written informed consent was gained for all adult participants, and parental consent was gained for all child participants. All individuals were assigned an ID number such that all data is held anonymously and cannot be traced back to any one individual.
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| Rights owners: |
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Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Bull Rebecca |
University of Aberdeen |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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| Bull, Rebecca | r.bull@abdn.ac.uk | University of Aberdeen | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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| Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Last modified: |
10 Jul 2017 10:07
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