Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time
We investigated the context-dependent memory effect outside of the laboratory in order to examine whether the effect impacts everyday memory retrieval. We also examined various factors that may interact with the context-dependent memory effect such as frequency and context dwell time. In the experim...
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| description | We investigated the context-dependent memory effect outside of the laboratory in order to examine whether the effect impacts everyday memory retrieval. We also examined various factors that may interact with the context-dependent memory effect such as frequency and context dwell time. In the experiment, we used a smartphone app to track participant’s GPS locations for 5 weeks. Participants, during their daily lives, were then asked to recall their locations at a specific date and time by choosing from all locations visited in the previous 5 weeks. Results demonstrated the existence of the context-dependent memory effect in a real-world setting, with low-frequency locations showing a stronger context-dependent memory effect—benefiting more from the matched context. We also found that for low-frequency locations, the benefit of the context-dependent memory effect increased as the participant spent more time in the context (context dwelling time). The study provides a novel way to examine the context-dependent memory effect outside of the laboratory, which not only enables researchers to measure an individual’s genuine memories in a more ecologically valid way, but also investigates factors that would be challenging to examine in the laboratory. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c0447764075e4bf1aa8017e48508d4662025-01-28T06:41:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14890391489039Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell timeYura Choi0Kawon Kim1Sunwoo Moon2Geunseong Jung3Jae-Hyuk Cha4Hyungwook Yim5Department of Cognitive Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Psychology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United StatesDepartment of Cognitive Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Cognitive Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaWe investigated the context-dependent memory effect outside of the laboratory in order to examine whether the effect impacts everyday memory retrieval. We also examined various factors that may interact with the context-dependent memory effect such as frequency and context dwell time. In the experiment, we used a smartphone app to track participant’s GPS locations for 5 weeks. Participants, during their daily lives, were then asked to recall their locations at a specific date and time by choosing from all locations visited in the previous 5 weeks. Results demonstrated the existence of the context-dependent memory effect in a real-world setting, with low-frequency locations showing a stronger context-dependent memory effect—benefiting more from the matched context. We also found that for low-frequency locations, the benefit of the context-dependent memory effect increased as the participant spent more time in the context (context dwelling time). The study provides a novel way to examine the context-dependent memory effect outside of the laboratory, which not only enables researchers to measure an individual’s genuine memories in a more ecologically valid way, but also investigates factors that would be challenging to examine in the laboratory.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1489039/fullcontext-dependent memoryexperience samplingepisodic memorycontextencoding specificity principle |
| spellingShingle | Yura Choi Kawon Kim Sunwoo Moon Geunseong Jung Jae-Hyuk Cha Hyungwook Yim Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time Frontiers in Psychology context-dependent memory experience sampling episodic memory context encoding specificity principle |
| title | Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time |
| title_full | Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time |
| title_fullStr | Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time |
| title_short | Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time |
| title_sort | context dependent memory in the real world the role of frequency and context dwell time |
| topic | context-dependent memory experience sampling episodic memory context encoding specificity principle |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1489039/full |
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