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Sievers, Carolin; Bird, Chris M.; Renoult, Louis – Learning & Memory, 2019
Repeated study typically improves episodic memory performance. Two different types of explanations of this phenomenon have been put forward: (1) reactivating the same representations strengthens and stabilizes memories, or (2) greater encoding variability benefits memory by promoting richer traces. The present experiment directly compared these…
Descriptors: Memory, Concept Formation, Prediction, Cognitive Processes
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Ocampo, Amber C.; Squire, Larry R.; Clark, Robert E. – Learning & Memory, 2018
Prior experience has been shown to improve learning in both humans and animals, but it is unclear what aspects of recent experience are necessary to produce beneficial effects. Here, we examined the capacity of rats with complete hippocampal lesions, restricted CA1 lesions, or sham surgeries to benefit from prior experience. Animals were tested in…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Experience, Spatial Ability, Memory