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Understanding Everyday Events: Predictive Looking Errors Drive Memory Updating
Wahlheim, Christopher N.; Eisenberg, Michelle L.; Stawarczyk, David et al.
2022In Psychological Science, 33 (5), p. 765-781
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Keywords :
Action observation; Event cognition; Memory updating; Mnemonic prediction error; Predictive looking
Abstract :
[en] Memory-guided predictions can improve event comprehension by guiding attention and the eyes to the location where an actor is about to perform an action. But when events change, viewers may experience predictive looking errors and need to update their memories. In two experiments (Ns = 38 and 111), we examined the consequences of mnemonic predictive looking errors for comprehending and remembering event changes. University students watched movies of everyday activities with actions that repeated exactly and actions that repeated with changed features—for example, an actor reached for a paper towel on one occasion and a dish towel on the next. Memory guidance led to predictive looking errors that were associated with better memory for subsequently changed event features. These results indicate that retrieving recent event features can guide predictions during unfolding events, and that error signals derived from mismatches between mnemonic predictions and actual events contribute to new learning.
Research center :
PsyNCog - Psychologie et Neuroscience Cognitives - ULiège
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Wahlheim, Christopher N.
Eisenberg, Michelle L.
Stawarczyk, David ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Zacks, Jeffrey M.
Language :
English
Title :
Understanding Everyday Events: Predictive Looking Errors Drive Memory Updating
Publication date :
19 April 2022
Journal title :
Psychological Science
ISSN :
0956-7976
eISSN :
1467-9280
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
33
Issue :
5
Pages :
765-781
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
European Projects :
H2020 - 798109 - CPA-EST - Mind-wandering in everyday event comprehension: Memory, attention, and the brain
Name of the research project :
Mind-wandering in everyday event comprehension: Memory, attention, and the brain
Funders :
CE - Commission Européenne [BE]
National Institute on Aging
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship
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