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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > location updating effect

Preferred term

location updating effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when shifting from one place to another by crossing an environmental boundary (le.g., passing through a doorway), physically or mentally, leads to the forgetting of recently encountered information, compared to shifting within the same environment.

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Synonym(s)

  • doorway effect
  • event horizon effect
  • location shift effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Lawrence, Z., & Peterson, D. (2016). Mentally walking through doorways causes forgetting: The location updating effect and imagination. Memory, 24(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.980429https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.980429">https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.980429>

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Logie, M. R., & Donaldson, D. I. (2021). Do doorways really matter : Investigating memory benefits of event segmentation in a virtual learning environment. Cognition, 209, 104578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104578https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104578">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104578>

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

    • Dataset reference: Logie, M. (2021). Data for : Do Doorways Really Matter: Investigating Memory Benefits of Event Segmentation in a Virtual Learning Environment (Vol. 1). Mendeley. https://doi.org/10.17632/m4db3xvh2s.1

    https://doi.org/10.17632/m4db3xvh2s.1">https://doi.org/10.17632/m4db3xvh2s.1

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  • • McFadyen, J., Nolan, C., Pinocy, E., Buteri, D., & Baumann, O. (2021). Doorways do not always cause forgetting : A multimodal investigation. BMC Psychology, 9(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00536-3https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00536-3">https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00536-3>

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

    • Dataset reference: McFadyen, J. (2021, January 4). Exploring the Doorway Effect with Virtual Reality. https://osf.io/6udbt/

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  • • Pettijohn, K. A., & Radvansky, G. A. (2016). Walking through doorways causes forgetting: Environmental effects. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 28(3), 329–340. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2015.1123712https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2015.1123712">https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2015.1123712>

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Radvansky, G. A., & Copeland, D. E. (2006). Walking through doorways causes forgetting: Situation models and experienced space. Memory & cognition, 34(5), 1150–1156. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193261https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193261">https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193261>

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

    • Creator

    • Frank Arnould

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    http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KZRKWJ7M-G

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