Abstract: Vogel et al., (2006) used masked change detection paradigm to investigate the time course of VWM consolidation. They spoke of consolidation as a process to transform a transient perceptual representation into durable representation in VWM that survived interference by new sensory input. Based on the review studies of consolidation, we assumed that consolidation was not an additional process that added a new quality to the to-be-memory items presentation in VWM but it was the recession of mask interference if the time was long enough to build up inhibition.

Key words: visual working memory consolidation, masked change detection paradigm, attention, vulcanization, recession