Does survival context enhance memory for source? A within-subjects comparison

Misirlisoy, Mine ; Tanyas, Hilal ; Atalay, Nart Bedin

DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2019.1566928
URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/096582...
Additional URL:	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330432344...
Document Type:	Article
Year of publication:	2019
The title of a journal, publication series:	Memory
Volume:	27
Issue number:	6
Page range:	780-791
Place of publication:	Hove
Publishing house:	Psychology Press
ISSN:	0965-8211 , 1464-0686
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Social Sciences > Kognitive Psychologie mit Schwerp. Kognitives Altern (Kuhlmann 2015-)
Subject:	150 Psychology
Abstract:	Nairne, Thompson, and Pandeirada [2007. Adaptive memory: Survival processing enhances retention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33, 263–273] demonstrated that processing words according to their relevance to a survival scenario enhanced their subsequent retrieval in recall and recognition tasks compared to a variety of control scenarios. From an adaptive perspective, it is maintained that processing words in a survival context should also enhance memory for source; however, evidence in the literature is rather mixed regarding a survival context advantage for source memory. In the current study, we conducted four experiments to systematically investigate the survival advantage in source memory, when the context itself is the source, with both recall (Experiments 1A and 1B) and recognition tests (Experiments 2A and 2B). Results showed a survival advantage for item memory over the control contexts in all experiments. The survival context advantage was not extended to source memory performance in Experiment 1A. Results from all other experiments, however, indicated a survival context advantage for both item and source memory. Findings are discussed in relation to possible proximate mechanisms underlying the survival processing effect.

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