Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall
In memory tests, recalled information can be distorted by errors in memory and these distortions can be more memorable than the original stimuli to a later learner. This is typically observed over several generations of learners but there is less exploration of the initial distortions from the first...
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| description | In memory tests, recalled information can be distorted by errors in memory and these distortions can be more memorable than the original stimuli to a later learner. This is typically observed over several generations of learners but there is less exploration of the initial distortions from the first generation of learners. In this article, participants studied visual matrix patterns which were either erroneous recall attempts from previous participants or were random patterns. Experiment 1 showed some evidence that material based on previous participants’ recall data was more memorable than random material, but this did not replicate in Experiment 2. Of greater interest in the current data were homogeneity in the memory errors made by participants which demonstrated systematic recall biases in a single generation of learners. Unlike studies utilising multiple generations of learners, the currently observed distortions cannot be attributed to survival-of-the-fittest mechanisms where biases are driven by encoding effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b32c2a0e9a464867b2e1728b772b06a12023-01-03T04:35:23ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132019-09-0115343144610.5964/ejop.v15i3.1685ejop.v15i3.1685Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern RecallStephen P. Badham0Christopher Atkin1Antonio Castro2Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKIn memory tests, recalled information can be distorted by errors in memory and these distortions can be more memorable than the original stimuli to a later learner. This is typically observed over several generations of learners but there is less exploration of the initial distortions from the first generation of learners. In this article, participants studied visual matrix patterns which were either erroneous recall attempts from previous participants or were random patterns. Experiment 1 showed some evidence that material based on previous participants’ recall data was more memorable than random material, but this did not replicate in Experiment 2. Of greater interest in the current data were homogeneity in the memory errors made by participants which demonstrated systematic recall biases in a single generation of learners. Unlike studies utilising multiple generations of learners, the currently observed distortions cannot be attributed to survival-of-the-fittest mechanisms where biases are driven by encoding effects.http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1685visual matrix patternsiterated learningserial reproductioninductive biasmemory reconstruction |
| spellingShingle | Stephen P. Badham Christopher Atkin Antonio Castro Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall Europe's Journal of Psychology visual matrix patterns iterated learning serial reproduction inductive bias memory reconstruction |
| title | Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall |
| title_full | Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall |
| title_fullStr | Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall |
| title_full_unstemmed | Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall |
| title_short | Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall |
| title_sort | homogeneity of memory errors in abstract visual pattern recall |
| topic | visual matrix patterns iterated learning serial reproduction inductive bias memory reconstruction |
| url | http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1685 |
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