Human memory reconsolidation can be explained using the temporal context model
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Recent work by Hupbach, Gomez, Hardt, and Nadel (Learning & Memory, 14, 47-53, 2007) and Hupbach, Gomez, and Nadel (Memory, 17, 502-510, 2009) suggests that episodic memory for a previously studied list can be updated to include new items, if participants are reminded of the earlier list just prior to learning a new list. The key finding from the Hupbach studies was an asymmetric pattern of intrusions, whereby participants intruded numerous items from the second list when trying to recall the first list, but not viceversa. Hupbach et al. (2007; 2009) explained this pattern in terms of a cellular reconsolidation process, whereby first-list memory is rendered labile by the reminder and the labile memory is then updated to include items from the second list. Here, we show that the temporal context model of memory, which lacks a cellular reconsolidation process, can account for the asymmetric intrusion effect, using well-established principles of contextual reinstatement and item-context binding.
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One way that reactivation may support memory updating is via contextual reinstatement, by linking novel information that occurs during retrieval with the reinstated context of the reactivated memory.
“One way that reactivation may support memory updating is via contextual reinstatement, by linking novel information that occurs during retrieval with the reinstated context of the reactivated memory (47, 49).”
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- Authors
- Sederberg, P. B., Gershman, S. J., Polyn, S. M., & Norman, K. A.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sederberg, Per B.
- Venue
- Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
- Published
- 2011-04-22
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 455-468
- ISSN
- 1069-9384 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-5320
- PMC
- PMC3432313
- OpenAlex
- W2087502533
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 4.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH069456, F32MH080526, MH080526, R01MH069456)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- memory reconsolidation, episodic memory, list recall, contextual reinstatement, memory updating
- MeSH terms
- Cues, Humans, Learning, Models, Psychological, Mental Recall, Serial Learning, Time Factors
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