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ERIC Number: EJ750934
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-7393
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Associative Symmetry versus Independent Associations in the Memory for Object-Location Associations
Sommer, Tobias; Rose, Michael; Buchel, Christian
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v33 n1 p90-106 Jan 2007
The formation of associations between objects and locations is a vital aspect of episodic memory. More specifically, remembering the location where one experienced an object and, vice versa, the object one encountered at a specific location are both important elements for the memory of an event. Whether episodic associations are holistic representations of individual components or whether there are unidirectional, separately modifiable connections between them has been investigated nearly exclusively using verbal stimuli. A preliminary conclusion concerning this controversy is that verbal associations are, at least, highly correlated (M. J. Kahana, 2002). This theoretical debate, which in the past has undergone a major empirical effort, is still of relevance for the concurrent global matching models of associative memory (S. E. Clark & S. D. Gronlund, 1996). The authors used variations of a novel object-location learning paradigm to complement the accumulated evidence regarding the nature of episodic associations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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