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Knowledge is power: Prior knowledge aids memory for both congruent and incongruent events, but in different ways.

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cam.issuedOnline2018-11-05
dc.contributor.authorGreve, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Elisa
dc.contributor.authorTibon, Roni
dc.contributor.authorHenson, Richard N
dc.contributor.orcidGreve, Andrea [0000-0002-5818-838X]
dc.contributor.orcidHenson, Richard N [0000-0002-0712-2639]
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T00:30:22Z
dc.date.available2018-12-19T00:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractEvents that conform to our expectations, that is, are congruent with our world knowledge or schemas, are better remembered than unrelated events. Yet events that conflict with schemas can also be remembered better. We examined this apparent paradox in 4 experiments, in which schemas were established by training ordinal relationships between randomly paired objects, whereas event memory was tested for the number of objects on each trial. Better memory was found for both congruent and incongruent trials, relative to unrelated trials, producing memory performance that was a "U-shaped" function of congruency. The congruency advantage but not incongruency advantage was mediated by postencoding processes, whereas the incongruency advantage, but not congruency advantage, emerged even if the information probed by the memory test was irrelevant to the schema. Schemas therefore augment event memory in multiple ways, depending on the match between novel and existing information. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.34462
dc.identifier.eissn1939-2222
dc.identifier.issn0096-3445
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/287153
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA)
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000498
dc.rightsPublisher's own licence
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAssociation Learning
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMental Recall
dc.subjectPattern Recognition, Visual
dc.subjectRecognition, Psychology
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.titleKnowledge is power: Prior knowledge aids memory for both congruent and incongruent events, but in different ways.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-07-27
prism.endingPage341
prism.issueIdentifier2
prism.publicationDate2019
prism.publicationNameJ Exp Psychol Gen
prism.startingPage325
prism.volume148
pubs.funder-project-idMRC (unknown)
pubs.funder-project-idMedical Research Council (MC_UU_00005/8)
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-02
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1037/xge0000498

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