Type of encoded material and age modulate the relationship between episodic recall of visual perspective and autobiographical memory
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Journal Article
Abstract
Episodic memory enables us to form a bank of autobiographical memories across our lifespan. The relationship between autobiographical memory and laboratory-measures of episodic memory is complicated and these processes might be differentially affected by ageing (e.g. Diamond et al., [2020]. Different patterns of recollection for matched real-world and laboratory-based episodes in younger and older adults. Cognition, 202, 104309.). Here, we examine whether the ability to recall one’s own visual perspective relates to richness of autobiographical recall, and how this relationship is affected by age. Memory of perspective at encoding, was assessed in younger (18–35 years) and older adults (65–85 years). Participants, wearing head cameras, viewed arrays of objects. Later they were asked which images represented earlier scenes, and if the image was taken from their perspective (i.e. from their camera). Performance was compared with autobiographical memory. Accuracy in identifying their own perspective correlated with autobiographical scores. Age-group was a moderating factor in this relationship. Subsequently, new participants encoded photographs of objects and were later asked whether they recognised the images. Visual perspective was manipulated in these photographs. In this task there was no relationship between performance and autobiographical memory. In younger adults only 3-D encoding of scenes relates directly to autobiographical memory but ability to complete these two tasks appears to operate independently in the older group.
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Date Acceptance
2021-04-20
Citation
Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2022, 34 (1), pp.142-159
ISSN
2044-5911
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Start Page
142
End Page
159
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Volume
34
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20445911.2021.1922417
Subjects
Social Sciences
Psychology, Experimental
Psychology
Visual perspective
episodic memory
autobiographical memory
ageing
POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX
AUTONOETIC CONSCIOUSNESS
REAL-WORLD
LOBE
RECOLLECTION
DISSOCIATION
ACCURACY
CONTEXT
SEARCH
FUTURE
Experimental Psychology
1701 Psychology
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-05-26