Young adults self-derive and retain new factual knowledge through memory integration.

ABSTRACT: The present research investigated the retention of new factual knowledge derived through integration of information acquired across temporally distributed learning episodes. Young adults were exposed to novel facts as they read long lists of seemingly unrelated information, one sentence at a time. They then were presented open-ended questions, the answers to which could be self-derived through integration of pairs of facts from the list. Experiment 1 was the first test of self-derivation of new factual knowledge through integration in adults using open-ended testing (as opposed to forced-choice testing). Participants successfully self-derived integrated knowledge under these more challenging conditions. Experiment 2 was a test for long-term retention of newly self-derived information. Newl

SUBMITTER: Varga NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549677 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature