The mnemonic advantage of processing fitness-relevant information
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The mnemonic advantage of processing fitness-relevant information.
Nairne, Thompson, and Pandeirada (2007) proposed that our memory systems serve an adaptive function and that they have evolved to help us remember fitness-relevant information. In a series of experiments, they demonstrated that processing words according to their survival relevance resulted in better retention than did rating them for pleasantness, personal relevance, or relevance to moving to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memory & Cognition
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0090-502X,1532-5946
DOI: 10.3758/mc.36.6.1151