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100 1 0 _aBonin, Patrick
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700 1 0 _a Bugaïska, Aurélia
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245 0 0 _a“Survive to remember.” A novel approach to episodic memory: Adaptive memory
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520 _aWhy are certain words remembered better than others? To address this question, researchers studying episodic memory have been particularly interested in the encoding conditions that could enhance long-term retention. One encoding condition has recently been the subject of a large number of studies over a relatively short period, namely encoding related to a survival scenario. Nairne, Thompson and Pandeirada (2007) were the first to reveal the survival processing effect, whereby words that are processed according to their relevance in a situation in which individuals imagine themselves in a survival situation (e.g., finding food and water, protection from dangerous animals) are remembered better than those processed in encoding contexts known to lead to good long-term retention (e.g. encoding with reference to the self). In this article, we provide a comprehensive description of studies that have observed this effect, and then discuss its empirical limitations. We also consider the different interpretations of this effect, concluding with a discussion of the “survival” of researchers’ interest for this important and innovative phenomenon in research on episodic memory.
786 0 _nL’Année psychologique | 114 | 3 | 2014-09-01 | p. 571-610 | 0003-5033
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-l-annee-psychologique1-2014-3-page-571?lang=en
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