Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2003
One of the fundamental questions raised by Ruchkin, Grafman, Cameron, and Berndt's (Ruchkin et al.'s) interpretation of no distinct specialized neural networks for short-term storage buffers and long-term memory systems, is that of the link between perception and memory processes. In this framework, we take the opportunity in this commentary to discuss a specific working memory task involving percept formation, temporary retention, auditory imagery, and the attention-based maintenance of information, that is, the verbal transformation effect.
1. This result of the use of verbal working memory during verbal imagery is also consistent with previous studies of imagining speech by McGuire et al. (1996) and Shergill et al. (2001).