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External and internal memory aids: When and how often do we use them?

Intons-Peterson, Margaret J., Fournier, JoAnne·1986·Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
DOI 10.1037/0096-3445.115.3.267
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What kinds of memory aids do people use to help them remember in their daily lives? Depending on the situation, they may use internal aids (e.g., mental rehearsal, imagery) of the types usually studied in the laboratory or external aids (e.g., reminder notes, asking someone else), which are rarely investigated but may be often used. College students indicated that they used external memory aids more often than internal aids (a) to prepare for future remembering than to remember past situations, (b) to remember spatial tasks than to remember verbal tasks, and (c) to remember to do things in the past than to remember information from the past. External aids were rated as more dependable, easier to use, more accurate, and more preferred than internal ones. At least one external aid, taking notes, affects encoding and not just retrieval, as shown by (a) its facilitation of remembering even when the notes were not available as retrieval cues, and (b) its induction of greater categorization of the to-be-remembered items than the use of some other memory aids.

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Authors
Intons-Peterson, M. J., & Fournier, J.
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Venue
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1986
Volume
115
Issue
3
Pages
267-280
ISSN
  • 0096-3445 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2222
DOI
10.1037/0096-3445.115.3.267
OpenAlex
W1996832863
Cited by
168
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 6
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0.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Experimental Psychology General (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Keywords
memory aids, external memory aids, mental practice, imagery, note-taking, encoding, retrieval cues, spatial memory, verbal memory, categorization

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