Adaptive memory: Survival processing enhances retention
Adaptive memory: Survival processing enhances retention
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DOI：
10.1037/0278-7393.33.2.263
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.
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作者：
Nairne, James S.;Thompson, Sarah R.;Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.
作者们研究了这样一种观点，即记忆系统可能已经进化到帮助我们记住与健康相关的信息，特别是与生存相关的信息。在4个附带学习实验中，人们被要求对常见名词的生存相关性进行评级（例如，在获得食物、水或保护免受捕食者的影响方面）;在控制条件下，同样的话被评为愉快程度、与搬到外国的相关性或个人相关性。在惊喜保留测试中，参与者一致表现出最好的记忆力时，单词被评为生存;生存优势举行了回忆，识别，并为两个主题内和主题间的设计。这些发现表明，记忆系统被“调整”以记住为适应而处理的信息，这可能是过去积累的生存优势的结果。
The authors investigated the idea that memory systems might have evolved to help us remember fitness-relevant information-specifically, information relevant to survival. In 4 incidental learning experiments, people were asked to rate common nouns for their survival relevance (e.g., in securing food, water, or protection from predators); in control conditions, the same words were rated for pleasantness, relevance to moving to a foreign land, or personal relevance. In surprise retention tests, participants consistently showed the best memory when words were rated for survival; the survival advantage held across recall, recognition, and for both within-subject and between-subjects designs. These findings suggest that memory systems are "tuned" to remember information that is processed for fitness, perhaps as a result of survival advantages accrued in the past.