Concept information
Preferred term
survival processing
Definition
- The processing of stimuli (e.g. words) according to their value in a context of ancestral survival.
Broader concept
Scope note
- An example of a survival scenario (Nairne et al., 2007, p. 264) : "In this task, we would like you to imagine that you are stranded in the grasslands of a foreign land, without any basic survival materials. Over the next few months, you’ll need to find steady supplies of food and water and protect yourself from predators. We are going to show you a list of words, and we would like you to rate how relevant each of these words would be for you in this survival situation. Some of the words may be relevant and others may not—it’s up to you to decide."
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Bonin, P., & Bugaiska, A. (2014). « Survivre pour se souvenir ». Une approche novatrice de la mémoire humaine : la mémoire adaptative. L’Année Psychologique, 114(3), 571–610. https://doi.org/10.4074/S0003503314003066
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Bonin, P., Thiebaut, G., & Méot, A. (2024). Ratings of survival-related dimensions for a set of 732 words, their relationships with other psycholinguistic variables and memory performance. Current Psychology, 43(9), 8200–8218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04979-2
{{#each properties}}• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Cook, A. M., Klin, C. M., & Westerman, D. L. (2023). Surviving with story characters : What do we remember? Memory & Cognition, 51(6), 1303–1316. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-022-01391-2
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: open
- • Nairne, J. S. (2010). Adaptive memory: Evolutionary constraints on remembering. In B. H. Ross (Ed.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 53, p. 1–32). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(10)53001-9
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Nairne, J. S., Thompson, S. R., & Pandeirada, J. N. S. (2007). Adaptive memory: Survival processing enhances retention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(2), 263–273. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.33.2.263
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Schwartz, B. L., Howe, M. L., Toglia, M. P., & Otgaar, H. (Eds.). (2013). What is adaptive about adaptive memory? Oxford University Press.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Scofield, J. E., Buchanan, E. M., & Kostic, B. (2018). A meta-analysis of the survival-processing advantage in memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(3), 997–1012. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1346-0
• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: open
• Dataset reference: Scofield, J. E., Buchanan, E. M., & Kostic, B. (2017, August 2). A Meta-analysis of the Survival Processing Advantage in Memory. https://osf.io/6sd8e/
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
URI
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