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Walking through doorways differentially affects recall and familiarity

Seel, S.V.; Easton, A.; McGregor, A.; Buckley, M.G.; Eacott, M.J.

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Authors

S.V. Seel

M.G. Buckley

M.J. Eacott



Abstract

Previous research has reported that walking through a doorway to a new location makes memory for objects and events experienced in the previous location less accurate. This effect, termed the location updating effect, has been used to suggest that location changes are used to mark boundaries between events in memory: memories for objects encountered within the current event are more available than those from beyond an event boundary. Within a computer‐generated memory task, participants navigated through virtual rooms, walking through doorways, and interacting with objects. The accuracy and their subjective experience of their memory for the objects (remember/know and confidence) were assessed. The findings showed that shifts in location decreased accurate responses associated with the subjective experience of remembering but not those associated with the experience of knowing, even when considering only the most confident responses in each condition. These findings demonstrate that a shift in location selectively impacts recollection and so contributes to our understanding of boundaries in event memory.

Citation

Seel, S., Easton, A., McGregor, A., Buckley, M., & Eacott, M. (2019). Walking through doorways differentially affects recall and familiarity. British Journal of Psychology, 110(1), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12343

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 31, 2018
Online Publication Date Sep 16, 2018
Publication Date Feb 28, 2019
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2018
Publicly Available Date Sep 16, 2019
Journal British Journal of Psychology
Print ISSN 0007-1269
Electronic ISSN 2044-8295
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 110
Issue 1
Pages 173-184
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12343

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Seel, S.V., Easton, A., McGregor, A., Buckley, M.G. & Eacott, M.J. (2019). Walking through doorways differentially affects recall and familiarity. British Journal of Psychology 110(1): 173-184, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12343. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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