Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study
We re-examined whether different time scales such as week, day of week, and hour of day are independently used during memory retrieval as has been previously argued (i.e., independence of scales). To overcome the limitations of previous studies, we used experience sampling technology to obtain test...
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| description | We re-examined whether different time scales such as week, day of week, and hour of day are independently used during memory retrieval as has been previously argued (i.e., independence of scales). To overcome the limitations of previous studies, we used experience sampling technology to obtain test stimuli that have higher ecological validity. We also used pointwise mutual information to directly calculate the degree of dependency between time scales in a formal way. Participants were provided with a smartphone and were asked to wear it around their neck for two weeks, which was equipped with an app that automatically collected time, images, GPS, audio and accelerometry. After a one-week retention interval, participants were presented with an image that was captured during their data collection phase, and were tested on their memory of when the event happened (i.e., week, day of week, and hour). We find that, in contrast to previous arguments, memories of different time scales were not retrieved independently. Moreover, through rendering recurrence plots of the images that the participants collected, we provide evidence the dependency may have originated from the repetitive events that the participants encountered in their daily life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f537704deaf44164b685cea04dfabc0c2024-01-11T05:22:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-01-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12777411277741Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling studyHyungwook Yim0Paul M. Garrett1Megan Baker2Jaehyuk Cha3Vishnu Sreekumar4Simon J. Dennis5Department of Cognitive Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaSchool of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, AustraliaDepartment of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaCognitive Science Lab, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, IndiaSchool of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaWe re-examined whether different time scales such as week, day of week, and hour of day are independently used during memory retrieval as has been previously argued (i.e., independence of scales). To overcome the limitations of previous studies, we used experience sampling technology to obtain test stimuli that have higher ecological validity. We also used pointwise mutual information to directly calculate the degree of dependency between time scales in a formal way. Participants were provided with a smartphone and were asked to wear it around their neck for two weeks, which was equipped with an app that automatically collected time, images, GPS, audio and accelerometry. After a one-week retention interval, participants were presented with an image that was captured during their data collection phase, and were tested on their memory of when the event happened (i.e., week, day of week, and hour). We find that, in contrast to previous arguments, memories of different time scales were not retrieved independently. Moreover, through rendering recurrence plots of the images that the participants collected, we provide evidence the dependency may have originated from the repetitive events that the participants encountered in their daily life.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1277741/fulltime scale dependencyindependence of scalesexperience samplingepisodic memoryautobiographical memorymemory for when |
| spellingShingle | Hyungwook Yim Paul M. Garrett Megan Baker Jaehyuk Cha Vishnu Sreekumar Simon J. Dennis Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study Frontiers in Psychology time scale dependency independence of scales experience sampling episodic memory autobiographical memory memory for when |
| title | Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study |
| title_full | Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study |
| title_fullStr | Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study |
| title_short | Examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory – an experience sampling study |
| title_sort | examining dependencies among different time scales in episodic memory an experience sampling study |
| topic | time scale dependency independence of scales experience sampling episodic memory autobiographical memory memory for when |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1277741/full |
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