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On the relationship between trait autobiographical episodic memory and spatial navigation
- Source :
- Memory & Cognition. 49:265-275
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Influential research has focused on identifying the common neural and behavioural substrates underlying episodic memory (the re-experiencing of specific details from past experiences) and spatial cognition, with some theories proposing that these are supported by the same mechanisms. However, the similarities and differences between these two forms of memory in humans require further specification. We used an individual-differences approach based on self-reported survey data collected in a large online study (n = 7,487), focusing on autobiographical episodic memory and spatial navigation and their relationship to object and spatial imagery abilities. Multivariate analyses replicated prior findings that autobiographical episodic memory abilities dissociated from spatial navigational abilities. Considering imagery, episodic autobiographical memory overlapped with imagery of objects, whereas spatial navigation overlapped with a tendency to focus on spatial schematics and manipulation. These results suggest that trait episodic autobiographical memory and spatial navigation correspond to distinct mental processes.
- Subjects :
- Autobiographical memory
Memory, Episodic
05 social sciences
Individuality
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Spatial cognition
Object (computer science)
Spatial memory
050105 experimental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
Spatial imagery
Cognition
0302 clinical medicine
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Mental Recall
Trait
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
Episodic memory
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Spatial Navigation
Cognitive psychology
Mental image
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15325946 and 0090502X
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Memory & Cognition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fb46168a0fab0dd965fb3d33c7372c1b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01093-7