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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > reproduction processing effect

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reproduction processing effect  

Definition

  • Better memory for words when they are processed by judging their relevance to an ancestral context of reproduction (parenting).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Seitz, B. M., Polack, C. W., & Miller, R. R. (2018). Adaptive memory : Is there a reproduction-processing effect? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(8), 1167‑1179. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000513

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Moderator variable(s)

  • • Type of scenario: the effect does not appear when the words are processed by judging their relevance to a mating scenario (ancestral or modern).

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-HVXV47KW-Q

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