Elaboration by Superposition: From Interference in Working Memory to Encoding in Long-Term Memory

Autor/inn/en	Piatkowski, Krzysztof; von Bastian, Claudia C.; Zawadzka, Katarzyna; Hanczakowski, Maciej
Titel	Elaboration by Superposition: From Interference in Working Memory to Encoding in Long-Term Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49 (2023) 3, S.371-388 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Piatkowski, Krzysztof) ORCID (von Bastian, Claudia C.) ORCID (Zawadzka, Katarzyna) ORCID (Hanczakowski, Maciej)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0001188
Schlagwörter	Short Term Memory; Interference (Learning); Long Term Memory; Cognitive Processes; Recall (Psychology); Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Langzeitgedächtnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Abberufung; Ausland; Polen
Abstract	Distraction embedded in working memory tasks leads to impaired performance. This impairment is mitigated when targets and distractors that follow them share common features--a signature effect of interference by superposition. Here we propose that target-distractor similarity modulates not only forgetting from working memory but also encoding into long-term memory. In five experiments, we test this elaboration-by-superposition hypothesis, demonstrating that semantic relatedness between targets and distractors benefits delayed category-cued recall performance (Experiments 1a and 1b), which is not due to carry-over effects from working memory testing (Experiment 2). Just as in the case of working memory, this long-term memory effect is reduced when distractors precede targets (Experiment 3). Finally, we show that while high target-distractor similarity reduces forgetting from working memory, it produces net benefits for long-term memory performance (Experiment 4). Together, the results suggest that common mechanisms underlie encoding into working and long-term memory, and that bindings between features of spatiotemporal context and features of to-be-remembered items play a crucial role. (As Provided).
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