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Röer, Jan P.; Bell, Raoul; Buchner, Axel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Memory for words rated according to their relevance in a grassland survival context is exceptionally good. According to Nairne, Thompson, and Pandeirada's (2007) evolutionary-based explanation, natural selection processes have tuned the human memory system to prioritize the processing of fitness-relevant information. The survival-processing memory…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Processes, Recall (Psychology), Word Lists
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Bell, Raoul; Mieth, Laura; Buchner, Axel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
Previous research has demonstrated that people preferentially remember reputational information that is emotionally incongruent to their expectations, but it has left open the question of the generality of this effect. Three conflicting hypotheses were proposed: (a) The effect is restricted to information relevant to reciprocal social exchange.…
Descriptors: Memory, Hypothesis Testing, Experimental Psychology, Effect Size