Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Processing strategies and secondary memory in very rapid forgetting

R L Marsh1, M M Sebrechts, J L Hicks

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-3013, USA. marsh@meme.psy.uga.edu

Memory & Cognition
|March 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Unexpected memory tests reveal rapid forgetting. Orienting tasks influence forgetting by affecting secondary memory contributions, not just encoding time.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Upregulated MYC expression and p53 mutations may contribute to the oncogenesis of canine Meibomian gland carcinomas.

Veterinary pathology·2022
Same author

Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

Biological conservation·2021
Same author

The Interaction of Compliance and Activation on the Force-Length Operating Range and Force Generating Capacity of Skeletal Muscle: A Computational Study using a Guinea Fowl Musculoskeletal Model.

Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England)·2020
Same author

Modeling and predicting osteoarthritis progression: data from the osteoarthritis initiative.

Osteoarthritis and cartilage·2018
Same author

The microbiota in bronchoalveolar lavage from young children with chronic lung disease includes taxa present in both the oropharynx and nasopharynx.

Microbiome·2016
Same author

In prostate cancer needle biopsies, detections of PTEN loss by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and by immunohistochemistry (IHC) are concordant and show consistent association with upgrading.

Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology·2016

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience of Memory

Background:

  • Very rapid forgetting occurs when memory tests are unexpected.
  • Orienting tasks can alter forgetting rates by changing encoding conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if secondary memory contributions during encoding explain forgetting differences across orienting tasks.
  • To differentiate the roles of secondary memory versus encoding time in rapid forgetting.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using "very rapid forgetting" paradigms.
  • Experiment 1 manipulated task demands during encoding, linking stimulus presentation duration to task completion time.
  • Experiment 2 compared variable-length stimulus presentation with fixed-length presentation.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

  • Short-term recall performance decreased as encoding task demands increased.
  • Long-term memory performance was unaffected by task demands.
  • Variable-length stimulus presentation did not significantly improve short-term performance compared to fixed-length presentation.

Conclusions:

  • Forgetting in rapid forgetting paradigms is primarily influenced by the contribution of secondary memory during encoding.
  • The time available for primary memory rehearsal strategies has a limited impact on short-term performance in these conditions.