Is memory enhanced by the context or survival threats? A quantitative and qualitative review on the survival processing paradigm

• Main Authors: TAY, Peter Kay Chai, JONASON, Peter K., LI, Norman P., CHENG, Grand H.-L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: contextual effect; survival processing advantage; stone-age brain; verbalmemory; mnemonics; Cognitive Psychology; Developmental Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2795; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4052/viewcontent/2018_34838_001__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Consistent with an evolutionary perspective, memory may be enhanced when people are in precarious situations. Particularly, a survival processing effect (SPE) has been found whereby people have better memory for a list of items when the items are rated for their relevance in a grassland context that...