MemoryPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2354764
Eva Rubínová, Heather L Price
{"title":"Primacy (and recency) effects in delayed recognition of items from instances of repeated events.","authors":"Eva Rubínová, Heather L Price","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2354764","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2354764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In repeated-event paradigms where participants are asked to recall details of a sequence of similar instances they viewed/experienced previously, more accurate details are typically recalled from the first and final instances (i.e., long-term primacy and recency effects). Participants likely encode distinct attributes of details of the boundary instances that subsequently facilitate source monitoring. To date, most repeated event research has measured memory performance via free-/cued-recall paradigms; we examined delayed memory for repeated events using the recognition paradigm. In two preregistered experiments, participants viewed four videos, and after a delay completed a recognition task. In Experiment 1 (<i>N</i> = 168, between-subjects), participants decided whether an item was old (i.e., presented in any video) or new, or whether an item was presented in video 1/2/3/4 or was new. In Experiment 2 (<i>N</i> = 160, within-subjects), the old/new decision was followed by an instance attribution decision. Old items were recognised faster in the old/new task compared to the instance-attribution task. In the instance-attribution task, items from the boundary instances were accurately attributed faster compared to items from the middle instances. We found further evidence for primacy (and recency) effects in measures of confidence, memory judgments, recognition accuracy and discriminability, and confidence-accuracy calibration.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"627-645"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2355309
Nash Unsworth, Ashley L Miller
{"title":"An examination of individual differences in levels of processing.","authors":"Nash Unsworth, Ashley L Miller","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2355309","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2355309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study examined individual differences in levels of processing. Participants completed a cued recall task in which they made either rhyme or semantic judgements on pairs of items. Pupillary responses during encoding were recorded as a measure of the allocation of attentional effort and participants completed multiple measures of working and long-term memory. The results suggested levels of processing effect in both accuracy and pupillary responses with deeper levels of processing demonstrating higher accuracy and larger pupillary responses than shallower levels of processing. Most participants demonstrated levels of processing effect, but there was substantial variability in the size of the effect. Variation in levels of processing was positively related to individual differences in long-term memory and the magnitude of the pupillary levels of processing effect, but not working memory. These results suggest that some of the variation in levels of processing is likely due to individual differences in the allocation of attentional effort (particularly to items processed deeply) during encoding.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"615-626"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2351576
Jessica Talbot, Daniele Gatti, Marta Boccalari, Michela Marchetti, Danilo Mitaritonna, Gianmarco Convertino, Mara Stockner, Giuliana Mazzoni
{"title":"Dimensions of a hyper memory: investigating the factors modulating exceptional retrieval in a single case of highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM).","authors":"Jessica Talbot, Daniele Gatti, Marta Boccalari, Michela Marchetti, Danilo Mitaritonna, Gianmarco Convertino, Mara Stockner, Giuliana Mazzoni","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2351576","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2351576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) is a rare form of exceptional memory, characterised by an ability to recall personal episodes in response to dates. The single case \"DT\" is one of less than 100 HSAM individuals globally, and little is known about how these individuals organise the vast number of events they can recollect. We administered 2 novel priming tasks to explore <i>navigation</i> between autobiographical memories. In both tasks, a \"prime\" date appeared on the screen and DT was instructed to access and begin reliving a specific memory from that date. After 3 s, a \"target\" date appeared, and DT <i>switched</i> to the new memory. Latencies were recorded. Experiment 1 explored the influence of emotional valence on memory navigation. DT was quicker moving from positive or negative memories to neutral memories, compared to between neutral memories, supporting the role of emotionality in connecting memories in HSAM. Experiment 2 investigated semantic content and mental timeline configuration's role in organisation. DT was faster moving forward (e.g., 1996-1997) than backwards (e.g., 2023-2022), indicating a forwards perception of time. No differences were observed regarding semantic content. Results provide insight into DT's memory dimensions and support the use of this task to explore organisation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"604-614"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2348154
Osman Görkem Çetin, Sami Gülgöz
{"title":"Autobiographical phenomenology of memories of fiction.","authors":"Osman Görkem Çetin, Sami Gülgöz","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2348154","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2348154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most autobiographical memories are based on real-life experiences, but memories of fiction have many similarities to real-life autobiographical memories. However, the phenomenological nature of this similarity, the potential differences between media types, and the role of individual differences need further investigation. Based on previous findings, we expected differences between media types on emotional intensity, sensory vividness, and confidence about the recall. To provide insight into these issues, we collected one real-life autobiographical memory and one memory of fiction (book, film, or video game) from 291 participants. We asked them to rate their memories phenomenologically. The participants also provided information regarding their motivations for engaging with fictional stories. Our results show phenomenological differences in several dimensions between media types and differences in the similarity of media types to real-life memories. While absorption seems to be a good predictor for immersion, escapism tendency is a motivation to engage with fiction frequently.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"552-565"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140859734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2348685
Alejandro Miguel-Alvaro, Brett A Messman, Nicole H Weiss, Ateka A Contractor
{"title":"Do childhood experiences influence associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive autobiographical memories among military veteran students? An exploratory study.","authors":"Alejandro Miguel-Alvaro, Brett A Messman, Nicole H Weiss, Ateka A Contractor","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2348685","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2348685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Evidence links posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and features of positive autobiographical memories (accessibility, vividness, coherence, sharing, emotional intensity, distancing). There is a knowledge gap on how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) may influence these relationships.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The current study explored whether the number ACEs or BCEs moderated associations between PTSD symptom severity and features of positive autobiographical memories.</p><p><strong>Design and methods: </strong>The sample included 124 student military veterans who had experienced a trauma (<i>M</i><sub>age </sub>= 33.90; 77.4% male; 75.0% White).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Path analyses showed more PTSD symptom severity was significantly associated with less positive autobiographical memory vividness (β = -0.26, <i>p </i>= .019, <i>R<sup>2</sup></i> = 0.06). Further, the number of ACEs moderated the relationship between PTSD symptom severity and positive autobiographical memory accessibility (β = -0.25, <i>p </i>= .023, <i>R<sup>2 </sup></i>= 0.10) and vividness (β = -0.20, <i>p </i>= .024, <i>R<sup>2 </sup></i>= 0.10). Among individuals with more ACEs (1 <i>SD</i> above the mean) compared to those with fewer ACEs (1 <i>SD</i> below the mean), less accessibility and vividness of positive autobiographical memories was associated with greater PTSD symptom severity. The number of BCEs was not a significant moderator.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Positive memory-based interventions may be particularly useful to address PTSD symptoms among military veterans with a history of childhood adversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"540-551"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2351062
Krystal R Leger, Hannah R Snyder, Aysecan Boduroglu, Angela Gutchess
{"title":"The role of culture and semantic organization in working memory updating.","authors":"Krystal R Leger, Hannah R Snyder, Aysecan Boduroglu, Angela Gutchess","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2351062","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2351062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Westerners tend to relate items in a categorical manner, whereas Easterners focus more on functional relationships. The present study extended research on semantic organization in long-term memory to working memory. First, Americans' and Turks' preferences for categorical versus functional relationships were tested. Second, working memory interference was assessed using a 2-back working memory paradigm in which lure items were categorically and functionally related to targets. Next, a mediation model tested direct effects of culture and semantic organization on working memory task behaviour, and the indirect effect, whether semantic organization mediated the relationship between culture and working memory interference. Whereas Americans had slower response times to correctly rejecting functional lures compared to categorical lures, conditions did not differ for Turks. However, semantic organization did not mediate cultural difference in working memory interference. Across cultures, there was evidence that semantic organization affected working memory errors, with individuals who endorsed categorical more than functional pairings committing more categorical than functional errors on the 2-back task. Results align with prior research suggesting individual differences in use of different types of semantic relationships, and further that literature by indicating effects on interference in working memory. However, these individual differences may not be culture-dependent.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"576-586"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11262971/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-26DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2333507
Lisa Nusser, Tabea Wolf, Daniel Zimprich
{"title":"Emotional and temporal order effects - a comparison between word-cued and important autobiographical memories recall orders.","authors":"Lisa Nusser, Tabea Wolf, Daniel Zimprich","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2333507","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2333507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The retrieval mechanisms associated with the recall of autobiographical memories (AMs) may differ according to the cueing method used to elicit AMs. In the present study, we provide a systematic comparison between word-cued and important AMs in terms of two recall order effects, namely a temporal and an emotional order effect. The sample comprised 104 adults aged between 59 and 90 years. On two measurement occasions, participants recalled up to 20 word-cued and 15 important AMs. For each memory, participants provided their age at the time when the event occurred (age-at-event) and rated its emotionality. Order effects were analysed based on multivariate multilevel model with autoregressive effects for emotionality and age-at-event, respectively. Whereas word-cued AMs showed a stronger emotional order effect, important AMs were recalled temporarily ordered. Individuals differed in the extent to which they ordered AMs along a temporal or emotional dimension. These differences could partly be explained by personality traits. For instance, higher scores on neuroticism were associated with a stronger emotional order effect in both memory types. Findings are discussed in terms of the retrieval mechanisms that are involved in the recall of word-cued and important memory recall and how they may be affected by personality.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"449-464"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140293970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2336161
Quentin Marre, Nathalie Huet, Elodie Labeye
{"title":"Does context matter for memory? Testing the effectiveness of learning by imagining situated interactions with objects.","authors":"Quentin Marre, Nathalie Huet, Elodie Labeye","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2336161","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2336161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mounting evidence supports the efficacy of mental imagery for verbal information retention. Motor imagery, imagining oneself interacting physically with the object to be learned, emerges as an optimal form compared to less physically engaging imagery. Yet, when engaging in mental imagery, it occurs within a specific context that may affect imagined actions and consequently impact the mnemonic benefits of mental imagery. In a first study, participants were given instructions for incidental learning: mental rehearsal, visual imagery, motor imagery or situated motor imagery. The latter, which involved imagining physical interaction with an item within a coherent situation, produced the highest proportion of correct recalls. This highlights memory's role in supporting situated actions and offers the possibility for further developing the mnemonic potential of embodied mental imagery. Furthermore, item-level analysis showed that individuals who engaged in situated motor imagery remembered words primarily due to the sensorimotor characteristics of the words' referent. A second study investigating the role of inter-item distinctiveness in this effect failed to determine the extent to which the situational and motor elements need to be distinctive in order to be considered useful retrieval cues and produce an optimal memory performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"502-514"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MemoryPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2334008
Miranda Chang, Bryan Hong, Katarina Savel, Jialin Du, Melissa E Meade, Chris B Martin, Morgan D Barense
{"title":"Spatial context scaffolds long-term episodic richness of weaker real-world autobiographical memories in both older and younger adults.","authors":"Miranda Chang, Bryan Hong, Katarina Savel, Jialin Du, Melissa E Meade, Chris B Martin, Morgan D Barense","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2334008","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2024.2334008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Remembering life experiences involves recalling not only what occurred (episodic details), but also where an event took place (spatial context), both of which decline with age. Although spatial context can cue episodic detail recollection, it is unknown whether initially recalling an event alongside greater reinstatement of spatial context protects memory for episodic details in the long term, and whether this is affected by age. Here, we analysed 1079 personally-experienced, real-world events from 29 older adults and 12 younger adults. Events were recalled first on average 6 weeks after they occurred and then again on average 24 weeks after they occurred. We developed a novel scoring protocol to quantify spatial contextual details and used the established Autobiographical Interview to quantify episodic details. We found improved recall of episodic details after a delay if those details had initially been recalled situated in greater spatial context. Notably, for both older and younger adults, this preservation was observed for memories initially recalled with low, but not high, numbers of episodic details, suggesting that spatial context aided episodic retrieval for memories that required more support. This work supports the notion that spatial context scaffolds detail-rich event recollection and inspires memory interventions that leverage this spatial scaffold.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"431-448"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}