The influence of external cues on memory judgment

• Grant number: 11/20324-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Physiological Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Gilberto Fernando Xavier
• Grantee: Antonio Jaeger
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The human memory is susceptible to a variety of external influences. Even though these external influences are often disruptive to the retrieval of episodic memory, recent evidence suggests that several external factors can be actually beneficial to the process of memory retrieval. Through the experiments described in the present research proposal we aim to investigate (1) how external cues influence the retrieval of emotional memories, (2) how older adults can employ external cues to improve their memory performance, (3) verify whether or not items encoded in a task that increases memory retention are susceptible to external cues, (4) how cues provided by qualitatively distinct external sources are influential on memory retrieval. The data will be analyzed in terms of performance and response criteria, and may provide resources for the improvement of theories of human memory as well as for the improvement of psychological and juridical interventions in which the accuracy of the information retrieved from long term memory is crucial for the interventions outcome. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JAEGER, ANTONIO; XAVIER, GILBERTO FERNANDO. Recognition judgments under risk: Low confidence when certainty is low. LEARNING AND MOTIVATION, v. 56, p. 65-72, NOV 2016. (11/20324-0)