The Survival Advantage: Underlying Mechanisms and Extant Limitations

Recently, researchers have begun to investigate the function of memory in our evolutionary history. According to Nairne and colleagues (e.g., Nairne, Pandeirada, and Thompson, 2008 ; Nairne, Thompson, and Pandeirada, 2007 ), the best mnemonic strategy for learning lists of unrelated words may be one...

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Main Authors: Stephanie A. Kazanas, Jeanette Altarriba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-04-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491501300204