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Cognitive psychology of human memory (thesaurus)

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Preferred term

prior knowledge  

Definition

  • Term for knowledge (schemas, scripts, etc.) possessed by a subject that influence the memory of new information.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Brod, G., & Shing, Y. L. (2022). Are there age-related differences in the effects of prior knowledge on learning? Insights gained from the memory congruency effect. Mind, Brain, and Education, 16(6), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12320

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Brod, G., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Shing, Y. L. (2013). The influence of prior knowledge on memory: A developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00139

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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