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Coding of spatial location information: an automatic process?

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  • 1Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|October 1, 1987
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Memory for spatial location is not exclusively automatic. Intention, age, task load, practice, strategy, and individual differences all influence spatial memory encoding.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Previous research suggested spatial location information is automatically encoded.
  • However, methodological concerns and unexamined criteria cast doubt on these claims.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To rigorously examine the automaticity of spatial location memory encoding.
  • To investigate the influence of various factors on spatial memory.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments were conducted.
  • Five criteria for testing cognitive process automaticity were applied.
  • Both absolute and relative location memory were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Spatial location memory is significantly influenced by intention, age, task load, practice, strategy, and individual differences.

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  • These influences were observed for both absolute and relative spatial information.
  • Results contradicted the notion of exclusively automatic encoding.

    • Conclusions:

    • Memory for spatial location is not solely mediated by automatic processes.
    • The concept of automaticity and its testing criteria require re-evaluation.
    • Further research is needed on environmental features claimed to be automatically encoded.