Active maintenance in working memory reinforces bindings for future retrieval from episodic long-term memory.

Many theories assume that actively maintaining information in working memory (WM) predicts its retention in episodic long-term memory (LTM), as revealed by the beneficial effects of more WM time. In four experiments, we examined whether affording more time for intentional WM maintenance does indeed...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 1999 - 2022
Autores principales: Loaiza, Vanessa M., Souza, Alessandra S.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2024
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          https://ror.org/05krs5044 Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 219 Portobello, S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK
          https://ror.org/02nkf1q06 Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
          https://ror.org/043pwc612 Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Center for Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
          https://ror.org/02crff812 Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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      ab: Many theories assume that actively maintaining information in working memory (WM) predicts its retention in episodic long-term memory (LTM), as revealed by the beneficial effects of more WM time. In four experiments, we examined whether affording more time for intentional WM maintenance does indeed drive LTM. Sequences of four words were presented during trials of simple span (short time), slow span (long time), and complex span (long time with distraction; Experiments 1–2). Long time intervals entailed a pause of equivalent duration between the words that presented a blank screen (slow span) or an arithmetic problem to read aloud and solve (complex span). In Experiments 1–3, participants either serially recalled the words (intentional encoding) or completed a no-recall task (incidental encoding). In Experiment 4, all participants were instructed to intentionally encode the words, with the trials randomly ending in the serial-recall or no-recall task. To ensure similar processing of the words between encoding groups, participants silently decided whether each word was a living or nonliving thing via key press (i.e., an animacy judgment; Experiments 1 and 3–4) or read the words aloud and then pressed the space bar (Experiment 2). A surprise delayed memory test at the end of the experiment assessed LTM. Applying Bayesian cognitive models to disambiguate binding and item memory revealed consistent benefits of free time to binding memory that were specific to intentional encoding in WM. This suggests that time spent intentionally keeping information in WM is special for LTM because WM is a system that maintains bindings.
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