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ArticleLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)2021

Anticipation of novel environments enhances memory for incidental information.

Danlu Cen, Christos Gkoumas, Matthias J Gruber

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Article in Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Danlu CenCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5243-2388
Christos GkoumasCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5649-3735
Matthias J GruberCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2754-0520

Funding

Wellcome Trust 211201Wellcome Trust 211201/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novelty is a potent driver of learning, but little is known about whether anticipation of novelty can enhance memory for incidental information. Here, participants incidentally encountered objects while they actively navigated toward novel or previously familiarized virtual rooms. Across immediate and delayed surprise memory tests, participants showed superior recollection for incidental objects encountered while anticipating novel as compared with familiarized rooms. Furthermore, memory for incidental objects correlated positively with between-participants average curiosity about novel rooms but negatively with within-participants trial-specific curiosity. Our findings contribute to the growing literature on how salient processes impact memory for incidental material.

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MemoryMental RecallExploratory BehaviorHumansLearning

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PMID34266990
PMCPMC8284314

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