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Mine to remember: the impact of ownership on recollective experience.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20401814     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Evaluating information with reference to self is associated with enhanced memory, the "self-reference effect". The effect is found in recognition accompanied by recollective experience (remembering), but not in recognition based on a feeling of knowing. The current research employed an ownership procedure to investigate whether less evaluative forms of self-referential cognition produce similar enhancement of recollective experience. Participants were asked to sort items into baskets that belonged to themselves or a fictitious other. A subsequent remember-know recognition test showed that items encoded in the context of self-ownership were more likely to be correctly recognized than other-owned items. This ownership effect was found in remember, but not know, responses. This finding suggests that creating a self-referential encoding context leads to elaborative representations in episodic memory, even in the absence of explicit self-evaluation.
Authors:
Mirjam van den Bos; Sheila J Cunningham; Martin A Conway; David J Turk
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-04-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)     Volume:  63     ISSN:  1747-0226     ISO Abbreviation:  Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-24     Completed Date:  2010-09-15     Revised Date:  2011-10-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101259775     Medline TA:  Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1065-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK. m.van.den.bos@abdn.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Female
Humans
Male
Memory*
Ownership*
Self Concept*
Young Adult

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