MemoryPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-19DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2633432
Carole Peterson, Aaron Murphy, Darcy Hallett, Pierce D Roberts
{"title":"Does priming lead to earlier memories, or just earlier dating of memories?","authors":"Carole Peterson, Aaron Murphy, Darcy Hallett, Pierce D Roberts","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2633432","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2633432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several studies have reported that it is relatively easy to manipulate the age of people's earliest memory through providing priming information or warm-up questions prior to recall. When given primes that differ (e.g. ages 2/3 versus 6), the memories participants retrieved were dated earlier when given early primes and later when given late primes. One proposed explanation is that differential primes foster memory retrieval from different ages. Here we explored whether the memories themselves were from earlier versus later in a person's life chronology, or whether all that was manipulated is the dating information attached to those memories. To do this, 200 young adults were informed that earliest memories typically date from either age 2 or 4, and given example vignettes. Participants then recalled and dated their earliest memory. Independent verification and dating was provided by 117 parents and data for the remaining 83 were imputed. Results showed that participants given earlier primes dated their first memory to younger ages than did participants given later primes, consistent with prior research. However, the ages of the memories did not differ between groups according to parental information. Thus, what is manipulated may only be the attached time-tags for the memories.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"443-450"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146227150","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: 2026-02-17DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2627189
Franziska Lechner-Meichsner, Muriel A Hagenaars, Paul A Boelen
{"title":"Grief-related mental images and their association with prolonged grief symptoms and grief cognitions: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Franziska Lechner-Meichsner, Muriel A Hagenaars, Paul A Boelen","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2627189","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2627189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aversive mental images occur across psychological disorders. Images related to the deceased and the loss can also develop after the death of a close person and seem related to prolonged grief. The present study investigated the content and characteristics of grief-related mental images and tested hypotheses regarding their associations with prolonged grief symptoms (PGS) and negative grief cognitions. Bereaved participants (<i>N</i> = 261) completed an online mental images questionnaire and measures of PGS and negative grief cognitions. Data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analyses and group comparisons, alongside a thematic analysis of image descriptions. More frequent and more uncontrollable mental images were associated with higher levels of PGS and higher endorsement of different domains of negative grief cognitions. Image specificity was unrelated to PGS levels. The qualitative analysis resulted in 12 distinct image themes that differed in frequency, uncontrollability, fantasy content, and emotional responses. Associations with PGS and endorsement of negative grief cognitions related to life and the future also differed for the distinct themes. Because the design precludes conclusions about causality, longitudinal studies need to clarify how such images relate to PGS development and maintenance. Imagery-focused interventions may be a promising treatment approach for PGS.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"369-384"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146213745","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2619444
Daniel J Peterson, Kathryn T Wissman
{"title":"Exploring the impact of elaborative rehearsal on mind wandering.","authors":"Daniel J Peterson, Kathryn T Wissman","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2619444","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2619444","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research suggests elaborative rehearsal encoding manipulations facilitate subsequent recall of to-be-learned information. Though there have been several proposed mechanisms to understand this effect, we wanted to explore whether elaborative rehearsal may additionally be understood to improve memory via a reduction in mind wandering during learning. In a pre-registered experiment, we had participants learn a list of sentences in which a person was tied to an arbitrary action. In the control condition, a plausible explanation was provided to link person and action while in the elaborative rehearsal condition, participants were tasked with generating their own explanation. During this list presentation, participants were presented with several probes to gauge whether their attention was on task or if instead their mind had wandered to off-task thoughts. Later, participants were given a cued-recall test in which they were asked to recall which person was associated with each action. Results revealed that participants in the elaborative rehearsal condition recalled more of the sentences and self-reported less mind wandering. However, contrary to predictions, the reductions in mind wandering did not mediate cued recall performance. We argue that these data suggest elaborative rehearsal improves memory primarily because of what it adds (rich, idiosyncratic retrieval paths) as opposed to what it suppresses.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"360-368"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146030042","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-15DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2025.2608353
Grace M Wasinger, Kristi A Costabile
{"title":"The social utility of redemption: contextual demands and normative modelling in narratives of autobiographical memory.","authors":"Grace M Wasinger, Kristi A Costabile","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2025.2608353","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2025.2608353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study examined conditions under which negative autobiographical memories are narrated with redemptive themes, a normative narrative structure in the U.S., in which a negative or emotionally difficult life experience is described as having a positive conclusion. U.S. college student participants were asked to provide a written essay of a negative autobiographical experience. They were randomly assigned to experimental conditions that varied in memory-sharing context (highly evaluative versus less evaluative) and exposure to normative narrative modelling (redemptive sample essays versus nonredemptive sample essays). Results indicated that evaluative social context and redemptive narration exposure each increased participants' use of redemptive narration when recalling negative autobiographical memories. Use of redemption, in turn, led to more positive evaluations of the essays by independent raters, highlighting the social efficacy of using culturally normative narrative structures in interpersonal contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"261-272"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145989932","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-18DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2617345
Megan Guardiano, Wendie Robbins, Sophie Sokolow, Yeonsu Song, Johannes Siegrist, Jian Li
{"title":"Work stress and perceived memory: longitudinal insights from the job demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models.","authors":"Megan Guardiano, Wendie Robbins, Sophie Sokolow, Yeonsu Song, Johannes Siegrist, Jian Li","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2617345","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2617345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two psychosocial work models, job demand-control (JDC) and effort-reward imbalance (ERI), have been studied in relation to health and cognition, but to a limited extent with subjective memory. This study aimed to evaluate longitudinal associations of JDC and ERI with changes in subjective memory among United States (U.S.) workers from the population-based Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Among 1,538 U.S. workers, generalised estimating equations analyzed associations of independent and joint JDC and ERI categorizations at baseline (2004-2006) with changes in subjective memory composite scores from baseline to follow-up (2013-2014). Multivariable modelling accounted for demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, health, and psychosocial work factors. In the fully adjusted models, high job control (regression coefficient: 0.151 [95% CI 0.038, 0.264], <i>p</i> = 0.0088), \"high demand and high control\" (0.164 [0.015, 0.312], <i>p</i> = 0.0313), high reward (0.289 [0.174, 0.405], <i>p</i> < .0001), \"low effort and high reward\" (0.288 [0.130, 0.446], <i>p</i> = 0.0004), and \"high effort and high reward\" (0.288 [0.128, 0.448], <i>p</i> = 0.0004) were associated with increased subjective memory. Work-related control and reward were positively associated with subjective memory changes across nine years among a U.S. worker cohort. Future research may support workplace environment improvements to promote cognitive health.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"315-328"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145998568","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-18DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2615993
Sarah R Meixensperger, Karl-Heinz T Bäuml
{"title":"Items that are subject to retrieval-induced forgetting show slowed forgetting over time.","authors":"Sarah R Meixensperger, Karl-Heinz T Bäuml","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2615993","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2615993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) refers to the finding that selective retrieval practice of a subset of studied items can impair recall of related unpracticed items, relative to recall of unrelated control items. Using categorized study material, we examined in two experiments how the retention interval between retrieval practice and test (1 min, 4 h, 24 h, or 7 d) influences the size of this RIF effect. Across both experiments, the RIF effect was robust at shorter retention intervals (1 min, 4 h) but disappeared at longer intervals (24 h, 7 d). Unlike prior work, we also fitted power functions of time to the recall rates of unpracticed and control items to examine forgetting rates of the two types of items. Analysis of the function's parameters showed that while unpracticed items were initially impaired, they were forgotten more slowly over time than control items, making RIF disappear at longer retention intervals. Results are discussed with respect to prominent accounts of RIF.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"302-314"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145998543","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-29DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2619445
Lucy M Cronin-Golomb, Katherine A Lee, Greer E Spradling, Patricia J Bauer
{"title":"Self-derivation through memory integration: clusters of precursor sub-processes.","authors":"Lucy M Cronin-Golomb, Katherine A Lee, Greer E Spradling, Patricia J Bauer","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2619445","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2619445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Knowledge builds through direct experiences (e.g., teaching) and productive processes (e.g., analogy). There is variability in the specific productive process of self-derivation of new knowledge through integration of separate yet related episodes of new learning. The variability relates to each of four hypothesised precursor sub-processes: encoding, reactivation, integration (all three for both children and adults), and selection (tested in children only). However, relations between each sub-process and self-derivation have been investigated in separate samples. As such, how they work together to support self-derivation is unknown. In the current research, we investigated all four sub-processes in samples of 7-11-year-olds (Study 1) and college-age adults (Study 2). In the child sample and in the combined sample of children and adults, encoding, reactivation, and integration each were found to relate to self-derivation; selection was not related to self-derivation. In the children sample and in the combined sample of children and adults, cluster analyses revealed two paths to successful self-derivation, one of which was more prompt-independent and the other seemingly was dependent on prompts. There also were two paths to unsuccessful self-derivation, both characterised by low success at encoding. The results provide new insight into sources of variability in self-derivation through memory integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"329-348"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146086387","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-18DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2617354
Jiaru Tu, Rongqian Li, Mingyuan Wang, Yunfei Guo, Jiaqun Gan
{"title":"Effect of prosocial motivation on prospective memory and its different components in older adults under different attention loads.","authors":"Jiaru Tu, Rongqian Li, Mingyuan Wang, Yunfei Guo, Jiaqun Gan","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2617354","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2617354","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prospective memory is the ability to remember to perform a planned activity in a future situation. Because of the strong sociability of older adults, their prospective memory performance is easily affected by prosocial motivation. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of prosocial motivation on prospective memory and its components in older adults. Specifically, we recruited 101 older adults (aged 60-75 years) and 115 younger adults (aged 18-25 years) to participate in this experiment. We used a 2 (group) × 2 (age) × 2 (attention load) between-subjects design. Prosocial motivation was induced by instruction. The results showed that, compared with the control group, the accuracy of prospective memory and ongoing task in the prosocial motivation group was higher under different attention load and age conditions. Concurrently, the response speeds of the prospective memory and the ongoing tasks were slower. The results from the beta-MPT model analysis showed that under the condition of low attention load, the prospective component of the prosocial motivation group was higher than that of the control group. The results showed that prosocial motivation could promote prospective memory performance of both older adults and younger adults, an outcome unaffected by attention load. Prosocial motivation mainly ensures the monitoring and confirmation of prospective memory cues in high attention load condition by slowing down the response speed of both younger and older adults, thus improving prospective memory performance. The registration number is ChiCTR2500105119.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"349-359"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145998551","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-15DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2615984
Tugba Uzer
{"title":"Political identity and the perceived significance of public events among middle-aged adults in Turkey.","authors":"Tugba Uzer","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2615984","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2615984","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the factors influencing the perceived significance of public events among middle-aged adults in Turkey, focusing on the role of political identity. A representative sample of participants from various regions of Turkey (329 females, Mage = 47.26, SD = 1.82; 330 males, Mage = 47.37, SD = 1.83) assessed various characteristics of public events. The results showed that personal significance, relevance to national identity, political significance, and unexpectedness were the strongest predictors of event significance, while emotional impact and consequentiality did not significantly predict perceived significance. Political identity also influenced perceptions, with supporters of the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) and opposition CHP (the Republican People's Party) showing different priorities in event significance. Additionally, higher SES was linked to greater perceived significance of events, while higher education was associated with lower significance ratings. These results highlight the complex interplay between political identity, demographic factors, and event characteristics in shaping public event perception.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"285-301"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145989857","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-18DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2026.2615982
Martin Bourgeois, Joanna Salapska-Gelleri, Todd McElroy
{"title":"The effects of group discussion on actual and false memories.","authors":"Martin Bourgeois, Joanna Salapska-Gelleri, Todd McElroy","doi":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2615982","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09658211.2026.2615982","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schacter (1999, 2001) has provided a taxonomy for studying memory distortions that suggests there are seven \"sins\" of memory: misattribution, persistence, suggestibility, bias, absent-mindedness, blocking, and transience. Although there has been a great deal of evidence that these memory distortions occur among individuals, few studies have examined the effects of discussion on false memories. In the present study, we presented seven memory tasks, each designed to elicit a different memory sin, to participants who either encoded the information individually or engaged in discussion within groups of 2 or 3 while retrieving the information. We found widespread evidence of all seven memory sins, whether participants engaged in discussion during retrieval or not. Group discussion increased actual memory for information. Regarding memory sins, group discussion increased misattribution and persistence, and decreased transience. Discussion had no significant effect on suggestibility, bias, absent-mindedness, or blocking. We discuss implications for situations where people attempt to retrieve memories while discussing them.</p>","PeriodicalId":18569,"journal":{"name":"Memory","volume":" ","pages":"273-284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145998495","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}