APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Contributions of Enhanced Semantic Processing to Value Effects on Memory
- Joseph Hennessee
University of California Los Angeles - Alan Castel
University of California Los Angeles - Barbara Knowlton
University of California Los Angeles
Abstract
Valuable items are remembered better than less valuable items. We show that these value effects are eliminated when participants are instructed to engage in mental imagery of encoded words. This finding suggests that value exerts its benefits on memory through deeper semantic encoding of valuable items.
Learning and Memory
