Publications by authors named "Willa Mannering"
Article Synopsis
- Research on human memory has primarily focused on individuals, but there is a growing interest in how people remember information together, specifically looking at a phenomenon called collaborative inhibition, where groups often recall less than individuals.
- A new framework is introduced that expands the Search of Associative Memory (SAM) model to analyze how multiple models recalling together can lead to this collaborative inhibition, strongly supporting the retrieval disruption hypothesis.
- This framework not only explains individual and group memory effects but also sets the stage for future studies on larger groups, shared knowledge, and the spread of false memories in collaborative settings.
Determining Whether Older Adults Use Similar Strategies to Young Adults in Theory of Mind Tasks.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
May 2023
Objectives: Theory of mind-the ability to infer others' mental states-declines over the life span, potentially due to cognitive decline. However, it is unclear whether deficits emerge because older adults use the same strategies as young adults, albeit less effectively, or use different or no strategies. The current study compared the similarity of older adults' theory of mind errors to young adults' and a random model.
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