Event boundaries and memory improvement

Cognition
Kyle A PettijohnGabriel A Radvansky

Abstract

The structure of events can influence later memory for information that is embedded in them, with evidence indicating that event boundaries can both impair and enhance memory. The current study explored whether the presence of event boundaries during encoding can structure information to improve memory. In Experiment 1, memory for a list of words was tested in which event structure was manipulated by having participants walk through a doorway, or not, halfway through the word list. In Experiment 2, memory for lists of words was tested in which event structure was manipulated using computer windows. Finally, in Experiments 3 and 4, event structure was manipulated by having event shifts described in narrative texts. The consistent finding across all of these methods and materials was that memory was better when the information was distributed across two events rather than combined into a single event. Moreover, Experiment 4 demonstrated that increasing the number of event boundaries from one to two increased the memory benefit. These results are interpreted in the context of the Event Horizon Model of event cognition.

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May 14, 2016·Memory & Cognition·Kyle A Pettijohn, Gabriel A Radvansky
Apr 14, 2018·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Olivier Jeunehomme, Arnaud D'Argembeau
Jan 25, 2018·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Andrea E O'Rear, Gabriel A Radvansky
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