Positive information prediction errors enhance memory for low-curiosity answers increasingly with age¶
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q2 i? Trial-level mixed models showed IPE and curiosity each enhanced recall; for low-curiosity questions, the IPE effect on recall grew more pronounced with older age, while for high-curiosity questions no strong IPE or IPE-by-age effect emerged. → Fandakova Yana 2021
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Fandakova Yana 2021¶
Fandakova Yana, Gruber Matthias J. (2021). States of curiosity and interest enhance memory differently in adolescents and in children. Developmental Science, 24(1), e13005. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13005
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Trial-level Bayesian mixed-effects logistic regression on single-trial recall accuracy (brms), predicting accuracy from curiosity ratings, IPE scores, and age. For low-curiosity answers the model showed "an effect of IPE on answer memory accuracy (95%CrI = [0.07,0.28], Post.Prob. = 1)" and an IPE-by-age interaction favoring older participants; for high-curiosity answers no strong IPE effect was found.
"for answers to low-curiosity questions, we observed an effect of IPE on answer memory accuracy (95%CrI = [0.07,0.28], Post.Prob. = 1), along with an IPE-by-age interaction (95%CrI = [0.00,0.14], Post.Prob. = .98) such that older age was associated with a more pronounced effect of IPE on recall of low-curiosity answers"
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Related Claims¶
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- States of high pre-answer curiosity enhance memory for trivia answers similarly in children and adolescents — related
- High-curiosity states did not enhance recognition memory for incidental face images in children or adolescents — related
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Positive information prediction errors enhance memory for low-curiosity answers increasingly with age |
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Positive information prediction errors enhance memory for low-curiosity answers increasingly with age |
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