Proximate Mechanisms and the Development of Adaptive Memory
Proximate Mechanisms and the Development of Adaptive Memory
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DOI：
10.1177/0963721412469397
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发表时间：
2013-02-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Otgaar, Henry
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作者：
Howe, Mark L.;Otgaar, Henry
最近，对记忆功能特性的科学研究迅速增加。这些研究表明，加工刺激的生存价值的结果在儿童和成人的上级记忆表现。在这篇文章中，我们批判性地评估这种说法，并得出结论，在儿童和成年期的生存处理优势并不表明健身相关的信息具有适应性优先。相反，我们认为，一般的记忆原则（例如，项目特异性加工、关系加工、自我参照加工、精细加工和独特性加工）更好地解释了记忆的适应功能。我们强调这些记忆过程的重要性，因为它们是记忆进化适应的特征，在生命早期就存在，并且在发育过程中是不变的。
Scientific investigations into the functional properties of memory have recently undergone a rapid increase. These studies have revealed that processing stimuli for its survival value results in superior memory performance in children and adults. In this article, we critically evaluate this claim and conclude that survival-processing advantages in childhood and adulthood are not an indication that fitness-relevant information has adaptive priority. Instead, we argue that general memory principles (e.g., item-specific and relational processing, self-referential processing, elaboration and distinctiveness processing) better explain the adaptive function of memory. We stress the importance of these memory processes because they characterize the evolutionary adaptations of memory, are present early in life, and are developmentally invariant.