Memory for details with self-referencing

Memory for details with self-referencing.

Self-referencing benefits item memory, but little is known about the ways in which referencing the self affects memory for details. Experiment 1 assessed whether the effects of self-referencing operate only at the item, or general, level or whether they also enhance memory for specific visual details of objects. Participants incidentally encoded objects by making judgements in reference to the ...

Self-Referencing with Age 1 Running head: SELF AND MEMORY SPECIFICITY WITH AGE Self-Referencing Enhances Memory Specificity with Age

Self-referencing enhances memory specificity with age.

Self-referencing has been identified as an advantageous mnemonic strategy for young and older adults. However, little research has investigated the ways in which self-referencing may influence older adults' memory for details, which is typically impaired with age, beyond memory for the item itself. Experiment 1 assessed the effects of self- and other-referencing on memory for visually detailed ...

Self-Referencing Languages Revisited

Paradoxes, particularly Tarski’s liar paradox, represent an ongoing challenge have long attracted special interest. There have been numerous attempts to give either a formal or a more realistic resolution to this area based on natural logical intuition or common sense. The present semantic analysis of the problem components concludes that the traditional language of logic fails to detect Tarski...

Self referencing in hamsters

aggregating in the same area, but apparently through the active recognition of kin. In their daily activities, female goldeneye ducks were more likely to occur together with their old birth nest mates than with other females, and these pairs lasted longer than did pairs of other goldeneye ducks. Hence, old nest mates seemed to recognize each other in the field, and females parasitized their bir...