多个认知模型认为记忆在视觉搜索中有重要作用。该理论观点得到了返回抑制、启动效应和知觉学习等领域研究的支持。部分研究者对视觉搜索中记忆表征的性质和容量也进行了探讨。
Theories of visual hold that memory has a critical role in visual search. The involvement of memory in visual search has been supported by research evidence from inhibition of return, priming, and perceptual learning. The contents and capacity of memory involved in visual search have also been explored by some researchers.