Memory integration and Context overlap-Does an Overlap in Context Facilitate Better Memory Integration?
(2021) PSYK11 20202Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Previous research has shown that context overlap affects memory. Our memory tends to be better when the learning environment is similar to the test environment. We also tend to integrate related information that has been experienced in different occasions into one unified memory, called memory integration.
The aim of this study was to investigate if context overlaps helps to facilitate memory integration. The study was conducted using an online experiment. Participants were shown different combinations of words and pictures presented in a certain context. After this, they were shown new combinations, sometimes with the same word but now paired with a new picture. The context could be the same or it could be different. There were three... (More) - Previous research has shown that context overlap affects memory. Our memory tends to be better when the learning environment is similar to the test environment. We also tend to integrate related information that has been experienced in different occasions into one unified memory, called memory integration.
The aim of this study was to investigate if context overlaps helps to facilitate memory integration. The study was conducted using an online experiment. Participants were shown different combinations of words and pictures presented in a certain context. After this, they were shown new combinations, sometimes with the same word but now paired with a new picture. The context could be the same or it could be different. There were three different conditions for how integration could occur: 1) Encoding-retrieval overlap in context and a shared associate (the same word) 2) Different contexts during encoding and retrieval and a shared associate 3) Encoding-retrieval overlap in context, but no shared associate. After being shown combinations of the three different conditions, the participants were asked to carry out a memory test. In addition, they were instructed to actively try to associate pictures that shared a common word.
Results were based on the participants accuracy on the test, their confidence in their answers as well as their response times. As predicted, the results revealed that memory integration was improved when there was an encoding-retrieval overlap in context as well as a shared associate compared to the two other conditions. This was evidenced by improved accuracy, participants being more confident in their answers as well as a faster response time. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Tidigare forskning har visat att ett överlapp i kontext påverkar minnet. Vårt minne tenderar att vara bättre när miljön vi lär oss i liknar den miljö vi testas i. Vi har också en tendens att minnas liknande information som ett enhetligt minne, vilket kallas minnesintegraion.
Syftet med studien var att undersöka huruvida ett överlapp i kontext skulle öka minnesintegrering. Studien genomfördes via ett experiment som gjordes online. Deltagare fick se olika kombinationer av ord och bilder som presenterades i olika kontexter. Efter detta visades nya kombinationer, som ibland bestod av samma ord men med en ny bild. Kontexten kunde då vara samma eller en ny. Det fanns tre olika varianter av hur integrering kunde uppstå: 1) Ett överlapp mellan... (More) - Tidigare forskning har visat att ett överlapp i kontext påverkar minnet. Vårt minne tenderar att vara bättre när miljön vi lär oss i liknar den miljö vi testas i. Vi har också en tendens att minnas liknande information som ett enhetligt minne, vilket kallas minnesintegraion.
Syftet med studien var att undersöka huruvida ett överlapp i kontext skulle öka minnesintegrering. Studien genomfördes via ett experiment som gjordes online. Deltagare fick se olika kombinationer av ord och bilder som presenterades i olika kontexter. Efter detta visades nya kombinationer, som ibland bestod av samma ord men med en ny bild. Kontexten kunde då vara samma eller en ny. Det fanns tre olika varianter av hur integrering kunde uppstå: 1) Ett överlapp mellan inkodning och framplockning av kontext och information 2) Olika kontexter mellan inkodning och framplockning och 3) Överlapp i kontext men inte information mellan inkodning och framplockning. Efter att ha visats olika kombinationer av de olika betingelserna fick deltagarna göra ett minnestest. Utöver detta blev deltagarna också instruerade att aktivt försöka associera bilderna som delade samma ord.
Resultaten baseras på deltagarnas precision på testet, deras säkerhet på deras svar samt deras svarstid. Som förväntat visade resultatet att minnesintegration ökade när det fanns ett överlapp i kontext och information mellan inkodning och framplockning. Detta bevisades genom en förbättring av deltagarnas precision, deras ökade säkerhet på deras svar samt en snabbare responstid. (Less)
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- author
- Schmitz, Laura LU and Gioeli, Karin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- memory integration, context overlap, episodic memory
- language
- English
- id
- 9035681
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-21 13:29:43
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- 2021-01-21 13:48:48
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abstract = {{Previous research has shown that context overlap affects memory. Our memory tends to be better when the learning environment is similar to the test environment. We also tend to integrate related information that has been experienced in different occasions into one unified memory, called memory integration.
The aim of this study was to investigate if context overlaps helps to facilitate memory integration. The study was conducted using an online experiment. Participants were shown different combinations of words and pictures presented in a certain context. After this, they were shown new combinations, sometimes with the same word but now paired with a new picture. The context could be the same or it could be different. There were three different conditions for how integration could occur: 1) Encoding-retrieval overlap in context and a shared associate (the same word) 2) Different contexts during encoding and retrieval and a shared associate 3) Encoding-retrieval overlap in context, but no shared associate. After being shown combinations of the three different conditions, the participants were asked to carry out a memory test. In addition, they were instructed to actively try to associate pictures that shared a common word.
Results were based on the participants accuracy on the test, their confidence in their answers as well as their response times. As predicted, the results revealed that memory integration was improved when there was an encoding-retrieval overlap in context as well as a shared associate compared to the two other conditions. This was evidenced by improved accuracy, participants being more confident in their answers as well as a faster response time.}},
author = {{Schmitz, Laura and Gioeli, Karin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Memory integration and Context overlap-Does an Overlap in Context Facilitate Better Memory Integration?}},
year = {{2021}},
}