Abstract
In the real world, people recall cross-categorical information from memory and hold it to optimize future behavior. Here, we investigated the interaction between associative memory and relational binding in visual working memory. After learning single objects and cross-categorical pair associations, participants performed two types of change identification tasks: an associative memory-based change identification task and a visual change identification task. Overall, the performance in the associative memory-based change identification task was similar to that in the visual task. However, in the associative memory-based change identification task, the category type of sample stimuli made a difference in task performance, suggesting the importance of goal direction in associative recollection.
