Adaptive memory: Ancestral priorities and the mnemonic value of survival processing

Nairne, James S.; Pandeirada, Josefa N. S.

doi:10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.01.005

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“…Following these findings, there has been a surge of interest in adaptive memory. Research appears to show consistently that survival processing is a more effective encoding task than other types of semantic processing paradigms, including imagery and selfreference (Kang, McDermott & Cohen, 2008;Nairne, Pandeirada & Thompson, 2008;Nairne, Pandeirada, Gregory & Van Arsdall, 2009;Burns, Burns & Hwang, 2011;Otgaar et al, 2011;Soderstrom & McCabe, 2011;Seamon et al, 2012;Bröder, Krüger & Schütte, 2011;Klein, 2012;Nairne, VanArsdall, Pandeirada & Blunt, 2012;Nouchi & Kawashima, 2012;Howe & Otgaar, 2013;Pandeirada, Pinho & Faria, 2014; but for exceptions, see Butler, Kang & Roedier, 2009;Klein, Robertson & Delton, 2010;Klein, Robertson & Delton, 2011). All in all, it has been suggested that survival processing may be "the 'best of the best' of known encoding procedures" (Nairne, Pandeirada & Thompson, 2008, p. 180).…”

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Fit to last: Exploring the longevity of the survival processing effect

Clark

Bruno

2016

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Mounting evidence indicates that processing items for their survival value produces superior recall compared to a number of other well-known memory-enhancing techniques, and that this mnemonic advantage remains up to 48 hours after encoding (Raymaekers et al., 2013).However, little attention has been dedicated to the survival processing effect in location memory, which may represent a better test of adaptive memory than retrieval of verbal information. The current study aims to fill this gap by exploring the longevity of the survival processing effect with both word list (Experiment 1) and location based (Experiment 2) stimuli. Participants rated target items using a single incidental encoding scenario, either Survival versus Pleasantness (word stimuli) or Survival versus Scavenger Hunt (location stimuli). They were then asked to complete a surprise recall task immediately after the ratings and a second recall task 96 hours later. The results demonstrated that, despite a general reduction in memory performance across time, the survival processing advantage was detected at both test times for both stimuli types. These findings provide further support for the survival processing effect and extend the observed effect duration for both word lists and location to 96 hours.

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Fit to last: Exploring the longevity of the survival processing effect

Clark

Bruno

2016

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…Males and females who become parents may show different levels of sensitivity to young children, and future research is needed to understand this potential mediator (for one approach, see Wang et al, 2009). Two additional routes to studying these proximate mediators are through the development and direct measurement of psychological states related to parental investment (similar to the measures of arousal used by Baker & Maner, 2008) and through the induction of these states (similar to the imagined scenarios of Nairne, Pandeirada, & Thompson, 2008). Finally, we note that the present study focuses on a specific risk domain (social risk-taking with simultaneous financial gains and losses).…”

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The baby effect and young male syndrome: social influences on cooperative risk-taking in women and men

Fischer

Hills

2012

Evolution and Human Behavior

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Parental investment theory predicts differences in risk-taking for females and males as a consequence of reproductive context, with females attempting to reduce risks in relation to their own offspring (here called the baby effect), and males taking more risks in competition with one another (young male syndrome). The experiment we report tests these predictions in a cooperative context by introducing the Social Balloon Analogue Risk Task-the Balloon Analogue Risk Task modified to include a social partner (adult male, adult female, or baby)-along with a commitment device, in which participants choose among several possible social partners, with whom they will share their earnings. Results were consistent with the predictions of parental investment theory. Females did not change their levels of risk-taking when paired with adult males or females, but showed a strong reduction in risk when paired with babies. Consistent with previous research, males were strongly inclined to take more risks when paired with another male of the same age, but males showed no change in risk-taking when paired with a female of the same age or a child. The current work provides the first experimental evidence of gender differences in cooperative social risktaking, as well as the first experimental evidence of a mediator of female risk-taking, i.e., babies.

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“…Encoding preferences are oriented toward survival goals (Nairne, 2010;Nairne & Pandeirada, 2010) and future planning (Klein, Robertson, & Delton, 2010). Self-involved information and emotionally stimulating events are more effectively retained and are more resistant to decay compared with neutral and superficial information because they provide a meaningful reference for the future (Cahill & McGaugh, 1998;Symons & Johnson, 1997).…”

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Adaptive Malleability of Memory: Involuntary Memory in Executing Interpersonal Self-Deception

2016

IJPS

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Extending earlier work on the function of memory in executing self-deception, we hypothesized that involuntary conscious memory was temporarily lost or distorted to help the deceiver keep truthful information away from both self and others, whereas unconscious memory remained intact. In two experiments, participants were instructed to deceive a high-or low-status target by concealing previously studied words. Results showed that involuntary conscious memory but not voluntary conscious memory or unconscious memory of the participants differed between the two conditions of deception and nondeception, when the deceiving target was a highcompared to low-status person. This study pinpoints the involuntary conscious memory among the memory components in executing self-deception and supports the adaptive malleability of memory.

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Adaptive memory: Ancestral priorities and the mnemonic value of survival processing

Cited by 211 publications

References 31 publications

Fit to last: Exploring the longevity of the survival processing effect

Fit to last: Exploring the longevity of the survival processing effect

The baby effect and young male syndrome: social influences on cooperative risk-taking in women and men

Adaptive Malleability of Memory: Involuntary Memory in Executing Interpersonal Self-Deception

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