The saving enhanced memory effect can be observed when only a subset of items are saved
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01545-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSaving one list of words, such as on a computer or by writing them down, can improve a person's ability to learn and remember a second list of words that are not saved. This phenomenon, known as the saving enhanced memory effect, is typically observed by comparing the recall of nonsaved items when other items are saved versus when they are not saved. In past research, the effect has been shown to occur when participants save an entire list before learning a new list. In the current research, we examined whether the effect can be observe...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 14, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Craig Fellers Benjamin C Storm Source Type: research
Short-term retention of words as a function of encoding depth
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01546-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe traditional short- and long-term storage view of information processing and the levels-of-processing view both discuss the forgetting of information over time. In the traditional stage view, there is loss of at least poorly encoded information across several seconds when the information cannot be rehearsed (e.g., Ricker et al., 2020, Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46, 60-76). In the levels-of-processing approach, information that is encoded in a shallow manner is lost more quickly over time than deeply-encoded information (Craik &...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 13, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Cayden O Lawrence Dominic Guitard Nelson Cowan Source Type: research
Obtaining semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming on the vigilance task with non-verbal cues
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01547-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecent research has shown that the activation of semantic memories leads to the activation of autobiographical memories. Known as semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming, this form of priming has been demonstrated to prime involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memories with a wide variety of different primes (i.e., various verbal and non-verbal stimuli). However, only verbal cues have been used in the memory measures, leaving open the question of how non-verbal cues might function. Our goal in the current study was to show that...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 13, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: John H Mace Kendra L Ostermeier Source Type: research
Short-term retention of words as a function of encoding depth
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01546-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe traditional short- and long-term storage view of information processing and the levels-of-processing view both discuss the forgetting of information over time. In the traditional stage view, there is loss of at least poorly encoded information across several seconds when the information cannot be rehearsed (e.g., Ricker et al., 2020, Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46, 60-76). In the levels-of-processing approach, information that is encoded in a shallow manner is lost more quickly over time than deeply-encoded information (Craik &...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 13, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Cayden O Lawrence Dominic Guitard Nelson Cowan Source Type: research
Distributional analyses reveal the polymorphic nature of the Stroop interference effect: It's about (response) time
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01538-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe study addressed the still-open issue of whether semantic (in addition to response) conflict does indeed contribute to Stroop interference (which along with facilitation contributes to the overall Stroop effect also known as Congruency effect). To this end, semantic conflict was examined across the entire response time (RT) distribution (as opposed to mean RTs). Three (out of four) reported experiments, along with cross-experimental analyses, revealed that semantic conflict was absent in the participants' faster responses. This resul...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: L éa M Martinon Ludovic Ferrand Mariana Burca Nabil Hasshim Dounia Lakhzoum Benjamin A Parris Laetitia Silvert Maria Augustinova Source Type: research
Probing the effect of perceptual (dis)fluency on metacognitive judgments
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01542-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite research showing that perceptually fluent stimuli (i.e., stimuli that are easier to process) are given higher judgment of learning (JOL) ratings than perceptually disfluent stimuli, it remains unknown whether the influence of perceptual fluency on JOLs is driven by the fluent or disfluent items. Moreover, it is unclear whether this difference hinges on relative differences in fluency. The current study addressed these unanswered questions by employing (Fiacconi et al., Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Co...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 12, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Skylar J Laursen Chris M Fiacconi Source Type: research
Language and autobiographical memory development from 5 to 12 years: A longitudinal perspective
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01544-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe main aim of this study, with two repeated measurements, was to analyze the development of autobiographical memory in a sample of 78 Spanish participants at ages 5 (Time 1; M = 62.43 months, range: 50-74 months) and 12 (Time 2; M = 142.71 months, range: 132-155 months). Data were collected on autobiographical memory and verbal functions. We analyzed the relation between language and autobiographical memory specificity from a longitudinal perspective and assessed the indirect effect of vocabulary in the relationship between age and spe...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 5, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Llanos Mer ín Alonso Mateo Marta Nieto Laura Ros Jos é Miguel Latorre Source Type: research
Impact of process interference on memory encoding and retrieval processes in dual-task situations
Mem Cognit. 2024 Mar 4. doi: 10.3758/s13421-024-01539-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDual-tasks at the memory encoding stage have been shown to decrease recall performance and impair concurrent task performance. In contrast, studies on the effect of dual-tasks at the memory retrieval stage observed mixed results. Which cognitive mechanisms are underlying this dual-task interference is still an unresolved question. In the present study, we investigated the influence of a concurrent reaction-time task on the performance in a long-term memory task in two experiments. In Experiment 1, participants performed an auditory-verba...
Source: Memory and Cognition - March 4, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sandra Hensen Iring Koch Patricia Hirsch Source Type: research
