How do intentions modulate the effect of working memory on long-term memory?

Intention Long-term memory Reward Working memory

Journal

Psychonomic bulletin & review
ISSN: 1531-5320
Titre abrégé: Psychon Bull Rev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9502924

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Sep 2023
Historique:
accepted: 31 08 2023
pubmed: 19 9 2023
medline: 19 9 2023
entrez: 18 9 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Previous studies found that working memory maintenance contributes to long-term memory formation, and some evidence suggests that this effect could be larger when individuals are informed of the final long-term memory test. However, no study so far has explored whether and how working memory maintenance adapts when long-term retention is intentional. In this study, we conducted two experiments using verbal complex span tasks followed by delayed-recall tests. In both experiments, we evaluated working memory maintenance by varying the cognitive load of the concurrent task and with memory strategies reports. We manipulated intentions to remember at long term by warning participants of the final delayed recall or not (Experiment 1) or by monetarily rewarding immediate or delayed-recall performance (Experiment 2). We found no evidence that intentions changed the working memory maintenance mechanisms and strategies used, yet the cognitive load (Experiment 1) and rewards (Experiment 2) effects on delayed recalls were increased with a higher intention to remember at long term. We discuss possible interpretations for these results and suggest that the effect of intentions may not be due to a change in the kind of maintenance mechanisms used. As our results cannot be explained solely by encoding or maintenance processes, we instead propose that intentions produce a combined change in encoding and maintenance. However, the exact nature of this modulation will need further investigation. We conclude that understanding how intentions modulate the effect of working memory on long-term memory could shed new light on their relationship.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37723335
doi: 10.3758/s13423-023-02381-4
pii: 10.3758/s13423-023-02381-4
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Organisme : Agence Nationale de la Recherche
ID : ANR-11-IDEX-0007
Organisme : Agence Nationale de la Recherche
ID : ANR-11-LABX-0042
Organisme : Agence Nationale de la Recherche
ID : ANR-18-CE28-0012

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Psychonomic Society, Inc.

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Auteurs

Maximilien Labaronne (M)

Laboratoire d'Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Bron, France. m.labaronne@univ-lyon2.fr.

Laura Ferreri (L)

Laboratoire d'Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Bron, France.
Deparment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Gaën Plancher (G)

Laboratoire d'Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Bron, France.
Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France.

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