MemoryPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-03-22DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2645631
Nicholas P Maxwell, Mckinzie Adkins
{"title":"Judgments of learning improve multiple-choice recognition but not short-answer recall of educational text passages.","authors":"Nicholas P Maxwell, Mckinzie Adkins","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2645631","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2645631","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Judgments of learning (JOLs) can improve memory for cue-target word pairs (i.e., JOL reactivity). Prior research suggests that this effect does not extend to text passage learning, especially when memory is assessed using short-answer tests (e.g., Ariel, R., Karpicke, J. D., Witherby, A. E., & Tauber, S. K. (2021). Do judgments of learning directly enhance learning of educational materials? <i>Educational Psychology Review</i>, <i>33</i>(2), 693-712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09556-8). However, JOL reactivity is often moderated by test format and JOL phrasing, and recent findings suggest that reactivity effects are greater when recognition tests are used. We tested whether global and term-specific JOLs would improve text passage learning when memory was assessed using short-answer (Experiment 1) and multiple-choice tests (Experiments 2 and 3). Across test formats, global JOLs were non-reactive. However, term-specific JOLs produced negative reactivity on short-answer tests (Experiment 1) but positive reactivity on multiple-choice tests (Experiments 2 and 3). This positive reactivity effect was greater in Experiment 3 when term-specific JOLs used a target-present phrasing. Importantly, this effect was also observed relative to a restudy group, suggesting that positive JOL reactivity was not solely driven by increased exposure to the target information. Taken together, JOLs can improve text passage learning, but their effectiveness is linked to test format and JOL phrasing.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"506-521"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147499222","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 : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-05DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2652391
Jinhui Hu, Yaru Sun, Yajie Duan, Mingjuan Ren, Ning Chen, Wei Liu
{"title":"Effect of collaborative strategies on retrieval: the evidence from different task materials.","authors":"Jinhui Hu, Yaru Sun, Yajie Duan, Mingjuan Ren, Ning Chen, Wei Liu","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2652391","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2652391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Collaborative memory refers to a process where two or more members encode information individually but collaborate during retrieval. While the collaborative process itself is widely studied in retrieval research, communication strategies - specifically, how collaboration is strategically conducted - have received little attention. Through three experiments, this study investigates the influence of the \"free collaboration\", \"supporting others\" and \"focusing on differences\" collaborative retrieval strategies and \"nominal group\" in four groups on collaborative memory and the collaborative retrieval effect across three types of memory materials: words, picture - names, and stories. Based on the results, the following conclusions can be drawn:(1) The influence of collaborative strategies on collaborative extraction exhibits a certain degree of task specificity. The difference-focused strategy demonstrated superior efficacy with verbal materials, whereas the partner-support strategy enhanced retrieval performance for narrative materials. (2) The influence of collaborative strategies on the collaborative memory effect also varies depending on the material. Distinct patterns of collaborative inhibition and error pruning emerged for verbal versus narrative materials in the two strategy groups. (3) For picture-name pairs - owing to their dual-coding characteristics - no performance differences emerged between strategy groups during collaborative retrieval, with both exhibiting collaborative advantages. In summary, the optimal collaboration approach varies according to material type, while collaboration strategies guide distinct interaction patterns. The differential alignment between these two dimensions - material-optimized approaches versus strategy-guided approaches - ultimately determines how collaboration strategies influence retrieval performance across materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"568-581"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623207","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 : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-03-21DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2645634
Zekai Du, Chen Cheng, Mingfan Liu, Juan Niu
{"title":"Imagery Rescripting induced transient forgetting of negative autobiographical memories.","authors":"Zekai Du, Chen Cheng, Mingfan Liu, Juan Niu","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2645634","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2645634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) is a promising intervention for treating emotional disorders associated with distressing autobiographical memories, but its impact on memory recall requires further investigation. This study, based on the retrieval competition hypothesis, proposes a previously overlooked theoretical mechanism, that the process of creating and rehearsing therapeutic imagery in ImRs may require the inhibition of original negative memory representations, thereby reducing their availability. We therefore adapted the retrieval-practice paradigm and conducted two laboratory intervention studies. Experiment 1 (<i>n</i> = 60) examined the effects of ImRs and Imaginal Exposure (ImE) on the recall of original memories, while Experiment 2 (<i>n</i> = 32) explored the temporal boundary conditions of forgetting induced by ImRs intervention. Both experiments used negative autobiographical memories from healthy participants, collected phenomenological ratings (valence, vividness, arousal) before and after the intervention, and employed an extralist cuing strategy for recall testing to avoid the covert cuing strategy. Results indicated that in non-clinical samples, ImRs induced transient forgetting of intervened negative memories, but the recollection of these memories recovered after a 24-hour delay. Consequently, caution is warranted when extending this forgetting effect to clinical treatment protocols or forensic testimony settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"522-543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147494208","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 : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-17DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2652393
Sofia Navarro-Báez, Arndt Bröder, Monika Undorf
{"title":"Mending metacognitive illusions in JOLs: when neither cognitive nor metacognitive feedback is effective.","authors":"Sofia Navarro-Báez, Arndt Bröder, Monika Undorf","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2652393","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2652393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Metacognitive monitoring of cognitive processes is not always accurate. Metacognitive illusions occur when metacognitive judgments rely on invalid information or fail to rely on valid information. This study tested the effectiveness of different forms of feedback in mending metacognitive illusions in judgments of learning (JOLs). Across four experiments, participants completed three study-test cycles with JOLs in which they studied different word lists. Participants received feedback or no feedback after each cycle. In Experiments 1 and 2, cognitive feedback about recall performance and JOL for each item was provided. In Experiments 3 and 4, additional metacognitive feedback about metacognitive illusions during the task was provided. Results showed that cognitive feedback was not effective for mending the font size illusion (Experiments 1 and 2), the stability bias (Experiment 1), or the font format illusion (Experiment 2). Additional metacognitive feedback partially remedied the stability bias in Experiment 3, but this effect did not replicate in Experiment 4. Regardless of whether participants received feedback and what type it was, the font size illusion decreased across cycles when manipulated orthogonally to a valid cue (Experiments 1, 3, and 4). In conclusion, this study shows that neither cognitive nor metacognitive feedback remedy metacognitive illusions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"582-607"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147699107","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 : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2628213
Noboru Matsumoto, Masahiro Fujino, Hana Sekine, Eri Yoshida, Lynn Ann Watson, Aleksandra Eriksen Isham, Krystian Barzykowski
{"title":"Shinshu mindful study: can mindfulness training change the retrieval mode of autobiographical memory?","authors":"Noboru Matsumoto, Masahiro Fujino, Hana Sekine, Eri Yoshida, Lynn Ann Watson, Aleksandra Eriksen Isham, Krystian Barzykowski","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2628213","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2628213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers have suggested that interoception can trigger the retrieval of autobiographical memories or influence the subjective sense of retrieval mode (e.g., involuntary or voluntary). This study examined whether four sessions of mindfulness training, aimed at improving interoceptive processing over eight weeks, can alter autobiographical memory retrieval and perceived retrieval mode in a community sample. 26 participants in the mindfulness group and 30 participants in the waitlist control group completed the study (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 34.80 ± 12.68). In the mindfulness group, participants showed a decrease in perceived retrieval suddenness and an increase in perceived retrieval effort for involuntary memories, and an increase in perceived generative retrieval for voluntary memories. Retrieval latency, frequency, and memory specificity did not change with training. Although heart rate acceleration was observed immediately before memory responses judged as being directly retrieved, this physiological response remained unchanged with training. Reported interoceptive sensibility and dispositional mindfulness increased significantly in the mindfulness group over time, but these changes did not predict changes in retrieval mode variables. The results suggest that mindfulness training leads to more deliberate, effortful memory retrieval, but changes in interoceptive processing may not support changes in retrieval. Clinical implications for reducing intrusive memory and its emotional impact are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"414-432"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146150217","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}
{"title":"Mnemonic mechanisms of emotion regulation: the role of retrieval perspective in managing anger and shame.","authors":"Sezin Öner, Emine Şeyma Çağlar, Ceren Dönerkayalı, Zehra Nur Kurtoğlu, Fırat Çağlar Sarıçiçek","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2638236","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2638236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autobiographical remembering plays a crucial role in regulating emotions, yet how the retrieval perspective modulates this function across discrete negative emotions remains unclear. Building on research showing that field and observer perspectives influence memory phenomenology, the present study examined how visual perspective and retrieval goals regulate anger and shame. In two experiments, participants recalled anger- or shame-related autobiographical events from either a field or observer perspective. In Study 1, they engaged in spontaneous subsequent recall, whereas in Study 2, they were instructed to recall a positive memory. Across both studies, participants tended to recall more positive memories after negative ones, supporting mood-incongruent recall and the automatic activation of mnemonic emotion regulation. Instructed recall further enhanced this positivity bias, increasing the vividness and emotional intensity of retrieved memories. The observer perspective was more effective at dampening the emotional impact of anger, whereas the field perspective amplified reliving across both emotions. Overall, findings suggest that memory-based emotion regulation operates through both automatic (Study 1) and goal-directed (Study 2) mechanisms, shaped by the emotional content of memories and the phenomenological characteristics of recall.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"462-480"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147365666","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 : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-12DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2627194
Gabriela Fernández-Miranda, Leonard Faul, Samuel Murray, Santiago Amaya, Felipe De Brigard
{"title":"Memories of forgiven wrongs: the role of interpersonal closeness and severity when remembering forgiven transgressions.","authors":"Gabriela Fernández-Miranda, Leonard Faul, Samuel Murray, Santiago Amaya, Felipe De Brigard","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2627194","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2627194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although forgiveness can help overcome negative emotions and restore social relationships, the mnemonic mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. Recent evidence supports the emotional fading account, which posits that emotional responses associated with the retrieval of autobiographical memories of forgiven wrongdoings decrease relative to not-forgiven ones, while there is no difference in episodic details. We examined how interpersonal closeness between victim and perpetrator and the severity of the wrongdoing influence the recollective experience of forgiven versus not-forgiven events, and the interpersonal motivations toward the perpetrator. Across two studies (<i>N</i> = 1,007), participants recalled forgiven wrongs as less negative and emotionally intense than not-forgiven ones, regardless of closeness or severity. However, there were no differences in episodic detail or in the remembered emotion at the time of the event. We also found that forgiveness was related to interpersonal motivations, such as avoidance and benevolence, more strongly in close relationships and in response to high-severity wrongdoings. These findings extend prior work by showing that, compared to not-forgiven wrongs, forgiven wrongs elicit attenuated affective responses during retrieval across levels of closeness and severity, while there is no difference in episodic details. They also highlight the role of closeness and transgression severity in shaping interpersonal motivations.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"385-401"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146181044","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 : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-16DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2630908
Christine Bastin, Marie Geurten
{"title":"Interpersonal memory monitoring judgments and social attitude towards narrators as a function of the recollective qualities of their memories.","authors":"Christine Bastin, Marie Geurten","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2630908","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2630908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In everyday conversations, other people tell us memories about events they experienced, and this can support vicarious learning and decision making. However, memories are not always true or faithful to what really happened. We assessed whether the richness of perceptual and contextual details in episodic autobiographical memories influenced how individuals rated the degree of veracity and fidelity of others' memory and whether these interpersonal memory monitoring ratings were associated with social attitude towards the narrator. The results showed that raters judged narrators as having more accurate and faithful memories of past events when their recollections were richly detailed than when their memories lacked detail. Moreover, higher interpersonal memory monitoring judgments were associated with more trust and empathy felt towards the narrator and more willingness to interact with them, suggesting a role for interpersonal memory monitoring in social bonding.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"433-442"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146207286","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 : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-19DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2633433
Yi Shao, Ruby K Bautista, Avony R Green
{"title":"Beyond event valence in mental time travel? The influence of contemplating alternative outcomes on phenomenological characteristics.","authors":"Yi Shao, Ruby K Bautista, Avony R Green","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2633433","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2633433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiple possibilities can be constructed in mental time travel into the past or future. This study examined how considering alternative outcomes (\"be better/worse\") influences the phenomenological characteristics of remembering and imagining, assessed through participant ratings and content analysis. College students (<i>N</i> = 136) reported positive and negative personal events and possible future events. Prior to reporting their selected events, participants were randomly assigned to imagine events to be better, worse, or a control condition. Contemplating any alternative outcome reduced phenomenological ratings relative to the control condition. Event valence and temporal directions continued to play important roles in phenomenological characteristics. These findings provide insights into the adaptive function of mental time travel.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"451-461"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146227029","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}