The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios?
The survival effect in memory refers to the memory enhancement for materials encoded in reference to a survival scenario compared to those encoded in reference to a control scenario or with other encoding strategies. The current study examined whether this effect is well maintained in old age by tes...
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| description | The survival effect in memory refers to the memory enhancement for materials encoded in reference to a survival scenario compared to those encoded in reference to a control scenario or with other encoding strategies. The current study examined whether this effect is well maintained in old age by testing young (ages 18-29) and older adults (ages 65-87) on the survival effect in memory for words encoded in ancestral and/or non-ancestral modern survival scenarios relative to a non-survival control scenario. A pilot study was conducted to select the best matched comparison scenarios based on potential confounding variables, such as valence and arousal. Experiment 1 assessed the survival effect with a well-matched negative control scenario in both young and older adults. The results showed an age-equivalent survival effect across an ancestral and a non-ancestral modern survival scenario. Experiment 2 replicated the survival effect in both age groups with a positive control scenario. Taken together, the data suggest a robust survival effect that is well preserved in old age across ancestral and non-ancestral survival scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb5950bb33654ad3a2ae15a4af0785452022-12-22T03:43:04ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0195e9579210.1371/journal.pone.0095792The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios?Lixia YangKaren P L LauLinda TruongThe survival effect in memory refers to the memory enhancement for materials encoded in reference to a survival scenario compared to those encoded in reference to a control scenario or with other encoding strategies. The current study examined whether this effect is well maintained in old age by testing young (ages 18-29) and older adults (ages 65-87) on the survival effect in memory for words encoded in ancestral and/or non-ancestral modern survival scenarios relative to a non-survival control scenario. A pilot study was conducted to select the best matched comparison scenarios based on potential confounding variables, such as valence and arousal. Experiment 1 assessed the survival effect with a well-matched negative control scenario in both young and older adults. The results showed an age-equivalent survival effect across an ancestral and a non-ancestral modern survival scenario. Experiment 2 replicated the survival effect in both age groups with a positive control scenario. Taken together, the data suggest a robust survival effect that is well preserved in old age across ancestral and non-ancestral survival scenarios.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008592?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Lixia Yang Karen P L Lau Linda Truong The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios? PLoS ONE |
| title | The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios? |
| title_full | The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios? |
| title_fullStr | The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios? |
| title_short | The survival effect in memory: does it hold into old age and non-ancestral scenarios? |
| title_sort | survival effect in memory does it hold into old age and non ancestral scenarios |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008592?pdf=render |
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