Schema-based predictive eye movements support sequential memory encoding.

ABSTRACT: When forming a memory of an experience that is unfolding over time, we can use our schematic knowledge about the world (constructed based on many prior episodes) to predict what will transpire. We developed a novel paradigm to study how the development of a complex schema influences predictive processes during perception and impacts sequential memory. Participants learned to play a novel board game ('four-in-a-row') across six training sessions and repeatedly performed a memory test in which they watched and recalled sequences of moves from the game. We found that participants gradually became better at remembering sequences from the game as their schema developed, driven by improved accuracy for schema-consistent moves. Eye tracking revealed that increased predictive eye movements during

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10097418 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature