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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Memory Research

Background:

  • The doorway effect, or location updating effect, suggests forgetting occurs after crossing boundaries.
  • Prior research indicates this effect manifests in physical and virtual environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conceptually replicate the doorway effect in virtual and physical settings.
  • To investigate the role of virtual reality and working memory load.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments were conducted using virtual reality, passive video, and real-life movement.
  • Participants' memory probes were analyzed for hit and false alarm rates.
  • Frequentist and Bayesian statistical analyses were employed.

Main Results:

  • No significant doorway effect on forgetting was observed across most experiments.
  • Working memory load in virtual reality (Experiment 2) showed impaired signal detection post-doorway traversal.
  • Increased false alarm rates indicated heightened susceptibility to interference under load.

Conclusions:

  • Findings challenge the robustness and generalizability of the location updating effect.
  • The study questions previously reported factors contributing to the doorway effect.
  • Further research is needed to understand boundary-crossing memory phenomena.