Dissociating memory accessibility and precision in forgetting [ Registered Report Stage 1 - Protocol]
Sam Berens
Blake A. Richards
Aidan Horner
10.6084/m9.figshare.8229200.v1
https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Dissociating_memory_accessibility_and_precision_in_forgetting_Registered_Report_Stage_1_-_Protocol_/8229200
Forgetting involves
the loss of information over time. While previous research has focussed on the
rate of information loss, we know less about the form this loss takes. For
example, are memory representations remembered with less precision, or do they
instead become less accessible? Here we use ‘precision’ measures of memory, and
probabilistic mixture models, to investigate the loss of both precision and
accessibility of word-location associations over time. Importantly, we are able
to directly compare these two measures by converting precision and
accessibility into a common scale – information entropy. Using online testing,
we will assess the extent to which forgetting is driven by a loss in either
precision or accessibility. Further, we will assess how forgetting is modulated
by shared content. Does learning multiple similar experiences decrease
information loss for either precision or accessibility?
2019-06-05 11:12:16
Human Behaviour
Memory
Forgetting
Precision
Accessibility