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16:30 - 18:00
Parallel sessions 3
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16:30 - 18:00
Room: HSZ - N1
Chair/s:
Ryan Patrick Hackländer, Magdalena Abel
The scientific study of human memory can be approached from many different angles, for example by focusing on basic questions about memory or on questions that arise with regard to memory in daily life or in applied settings. This symposium will showcase the great variety of current memory research by bringing together researchers who pursue different research questions – some of them addressing basic characteristics of memory, others addressing memory in application. The first talk by Mohammad Hamzeloo will consider how odors can be turned into associative cues that are effective in evoking memories. The second talk by Mira Schwarz and Kai Homburger will examine how memories of odors can shape spatial orientation and support smell-based navigation. The third talk by Alp Aslan will look into memory for object locations and forgetting effects mediated by selective memory retrieval. The fourth talk by Jan Rummel and Luca Leon Bieling will deal with eyewitness source memory and the influence of ethnic bias on the cheater-detection benefit. Finally, the fifth talk by Marius Böltzig will focus on collective remembering, in particular future thinking of Ukrainians during the Russian invasion of their country. In addition to the five talks, a final discussion slot will provide an opportunity to discuss overlap and joint themes across studies, as well as potential avenues for future research.
Submission 636
Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in Object Location Memory
SymposiumTalk-03
Presented by: Alp Aslan
Alp Aslan
Technical University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim, Germany
Retrieving information can enhance memory for the retrieved information, but–more important for the current research–it can also impair memory for related, non-retrieved information. This phenomenon, known as retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF), has been extensively studied in verbal memory. The present study examined whether RIF also extends to memory for object locations. In Experiment 1, participants learned the locations of 16 objects arranged on a 4×4 grid. During a subsequent retrieval-practice phase, they were presented with an empty 4×4 grid and a randomly selected half of the objects, and were asked to place these eight objects on their correct locations. In the final test phase, participants again received an empty 4×4 grid and were asked to place all previously studied objects on their correct locations, beginning with the unpracticed objects. Results revealed that selective retrieval practice enhanced memory for the practiced locations but impaired memory for the unpracticed locations. Experiment 2 replicated this pattern of results using a novel set of 16 objects and 5×5 grids during study, retrieval practice, and test. More importantly, including a restudy condition, Experiment 2 demonstrated that selective restudy of certain object locations during the intermediate phase improved later memory for the restudied locations but had no effect on unpracticed locations, indicating that RIF in object location memory is retrieval-specific. The results are discussed with reference to both inhibitory and non-inhibitory accounts of RIF.