Topic: VWM precision

When walking down a trail, the location and identity of a fleetingly perceived object (e.g., a bird on a branch) can be remembered robustly, even if our gaze shifts away from it. How visual working memory (VWM) remains stable across gaze shifts and, specifically, the type of reference frame in which VWM content is stored, are poorly understood. VWM is typically maintained in the brain hemisphere contralateral to the memorandum [1,2,3,4], indicating a retinotopic (“gaze-centered”) reference frame. Yet, recent work [5] shows that VWM is transferred across hemispheres following a gaze shift, sugg