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02-05-2024 | Research

Lifetime familiarity cue effects for autobiographical memory

Auteurs: Lauri Gurguryan, Haopei Yang, Stefan Köhler, Signy Sheldon

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 5/2024

Abstract

Recollecting an autobiographical memory requires a cue to initiate processes related to accessing and then elaborating on a past personal experience. Prior work has shown that the familiarity of a cue can influence the autobiographical memory retrieval process. Extending this work, we tested how familiarity accrued from cumulative lifetime exposures associated with the cue—as well as associated semantic knowledge—can affect how we access and remember autobiographical memories. In Experiment 1, we measured reaction times to access and report memories in response to cue words. In Experiment 2 we examined the details with which participants described memories in response to cue words. For both experiments, participants provided estimates of lifetime exposure and semantic knowledge for each cue. In Experiment 1, we found a cue’s lifetime exposure, independent of semantic knowledge, led to quicker memory access. In Experiment 2, we found the lifetime exposure and semantic knowledge of a cue interactively affected the specificity of a described autobiographical memory. These results provide new evidence that the amount of lifetime exposure associated with a cue, both independently and interactively with semantic knowledge, influences how autobiographical memories are accessed and described.

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Titel: Lifetime familiarity cue effects for autobiographical memory
Auteurs: Lauri Gurguryan
Haopei Yang
Stefan Köhler
Signy Sheldon
Publicatiedatum: 02-05-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 5/2024
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-01968-3

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