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A new index of semantic short-term memory: Development and validation of the conceptual span task in Spanish
(Public Library Science, 2018-12-27)
Mounting evidence from both cognitive and neuropsychological research points to the importance of conceptual and lexical-semantic contributors to short-term memory performance. Nonetheless, a standardized and well-controlled ...
Incidental Memory of Younger and Older Adults for Objects Encountered in a Real World Context
(Public Library Science, 2014-06-18)
Effects of context on the perception of, and incidental memory for, real-world objects have predominantly been investigated in younger individuals, under conditions involving a single static viewpoint. We examined the ...
Age-Based Positivity Effects in Imagining and Recalling Future Positive and Negative Autobiographical Events
(Frontiers Media, 2017-09-27)
Thoughts about the future reflect personal goals, and projections into the future enrich our emotional life. Researchers have taken an interest in determining whether the tendency to remember more positive than negative ...
Prospective Memory and Positivity Bias in the COVID-19 Health Crisis: The Effects of Aging
(Frontiers Media, 2021-07-21)
This study aimed to determine whether the observed tendency to remember more positive than negative past events (positivity phenomena) also appears when recalling hypothetical events about the future. In this study, young, ...
Interdisciplinary Learning at University: Assessment of an Interdisciplinary Experience Based on the Case Study Methodology
(MDPI, 2020-09-18)
In the current context, higher education faces the challenge of preparing future professionals to respond to society’s increasingly complex problems. However, the search for solutions means adopting new ways of working ...
Mental journey to the future and memory for future thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
(Wiley, 2024-01)
This study analyzes the production and recall of future thoughts during the COVID-19 lockdown. Participants were free to produce future thoughts (Experiment 1) or received cues to promote production (Experiment 2), and ...