Measuring Visual Memory in Its Native Format

Knowing how memories are represented is crucial for understanding how the mind works. Brady et al. [1] explore an important and rarely considered aspect of visual working memory, which is the amount of information that can be stored when remembering meaningful objects, rather than the arbitrary colors and shapes that are typically used in such experiments [2].

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