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04-03-2023 | Original Article

The interactive effect of external rewards and self-determined choice on memory

Auteurs: Jingming Xue, Ting Jiang, Chuansheng Chen, Vishnu P. Murty, Yuxin Li, Zhuolei Ding, Mingxia Zhang

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 7/2023

Abstract

Both external motivational incentives (e.g., monetary reward) and internal motivational incentives (e.g., self-determined choice) have been found to promote memory, but much less is known about how these two types of incentives interact with each other to affect memory. The current study (N = 108) examined how performance-dependent monetary rewards affected the role of self-determined choice in memory performance, also known as the choice effect. Using a modified and better controlled version of the choice paradigm and manipulating levels of reward, we demonstrated an interactive effect between monetary reward and self-determined choice on 1-day delayed memory performance. Specifically, the choice effect on memory decreased when we introduced the performance-dependent external rewards. These results are discussed in terms of understanding how external and internal motivators interact to impact learning and memory.

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Explicit memory is the conscious memory of a previous experience, whereas implicit memory does not involve consciousness (Rugg et al., 1998; Sheldon & Moscovitch, 2010).

Before the main study, we conducted a replication experiment of the behavioral studies by Murty and his colleagues (DuBrow et al., 2019; Murty et al., 2015) to verify the choice effect in the modified paradigm. The method and results are presented in the Supplementary Materials.

Information about possible prior experience was based on the records of our previous experiments and participants’ self-report after the experiment.

Participants were asked whether they understood the task during and after the experiment.

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Titel: The interactive effect of external rewards and self-determined choice on memory
Auteurs: Jingming Xue
Ting Jiang
Chuansheng Chen
Vishnu P. Murty
Yuxin Li
Zhuolei Ding
Mingxia Zhang
Publicatiedatum: 04-03-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 7/2023
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-023-01807-x

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