The Influence of Visual Perceptual Processing Styles and Complexity of Block Design Stimuli on Visual Memory

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The Influence of Visual Perceptual Processing Styles and Complexity of Block Design Stimuli on Visual Memory

Abstract

Individual differences in perceptual processing reported by Cooper (1976) are also identified by Schorr et al., (1982) in visual memory. A puzzling question is why no relationship between visual processing styles and working memory has yet been found. Differences in perceptual processing styles (Cooper, 1976) were examined in relation to response times and error rates of the block design task (Schorr et al., 1982). A significant interaction was found between perceptual styles and response time for complexity, a non-significant interaction was found for accuracy, complexity and perceptual processing style. It is suggested that differences working memory relate to the cognitive processing of visual perception.

Introduction

A fundamental problem of importance to understanding visual processing concerns how perceptual processing of visual information plays a functional role in the representations of visual memory (Cooper 1976, Navon & Norman 1983, Schorr et al, 1982, Kimichi, 1992).

Explanations of visual comparison tasks suggest differential patterns of performance represent qualitative and quantitative differences in perceptual processing (Cooper, 1976). Interpretations reveal "two distinct and reliable patterns of performance in individual subjects"