When twice is better than once: increased liking of repeated items influences memory in younger and older adults
| Autor: | Nicola Mammarella, Alberto Di Domenico, Beth Fairfield, Rocco Palumbo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Palumbo, R., Di Domenico, A., Fairfield, B., Mammarella, N. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:BF1-990 Emotions Stimulus (physiology) Audiology 050105 experimental psychology Repetition 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Memory Positivity effect medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General Psychology media_common Recognition memory Differential impact Aged Emotion Repetition (rhetorical device) Psychological research 05 social sciences Mere-exposure effect General Medicine Emotional memory Surprise lcsh:Psychology Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research Article Human |
| Zdroj: | BMC Psychology BMC Psychology, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
| Popis: | Background Numerous studies have reported that the repeated presentation of a stimulus leads to an increase in positive affect towards the stimulus itself (the so-called mere exposure effect). Here, we evaluate whether changes in liking due to repetition may have a differential impact on subsequent memories in younger and older adults. Method In two experiments, younger and older adults were asked to rate a series of nonwords (Experiment 1) or unfamiliar neutral faces (Experiment 2) in terms of how much they like them and then presented with a surprise yes–no recognition memory task. At study, items were repeated either consecutively (massed presentation) or with a lag of 6 intervening items (spaced presentation). Results In both experiments, participants rated spaced repeated items more positively than massed items, i.e. they liked them most. Moreover, older adults remembered spaced stimuli that they liked most better than younger adults. Conclusions The findings are discussed in accordance with the mechanisms underlying positivity effects in memory and the effect of repetition on memory encoding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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