Forgetting in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): What is the role of interference?

ABSTRACT: Humans are constantly acquiring new information and skills. However, forgetting is also a common phenomenon in our lives. Understanding the lability of memories is critical to appreciate how they are formed as well as forgotten. Here we investigate the lability of chimpanzees' short-term memories and assess what factors cause forgetting in our closest relatives. In two experiments, chimpanzees were presented with a target task, which involved remembering a reward location, followed by the presentation of an interference task-requiring the recollection of a different reward location. The interference task could take place soon after the presentation of the target task or soon before the retrieval of the food locations. The results show that chimpanzees' memories for the location of a reward

SUBMITTER: Martin-Ordas G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259712 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature