Concept information
Preferred term
schema
Definition
- Abstract mental representations that summarize and organize events, objects, situations or similar experiences in a structured way. Schemas, stored in long-term memory, are used to analyze, select, organize and interpret new information, providing a kind of model or frame to process information and guiding behavior.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- schematic representation
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Bartlett, F. C. (1932). Remembering: A study in experimental and social psychology. Cambridge University Press.
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- • Ghosh, V. E., & Gilboa, A. (2014). What is a memory schema? A historical perspective on current neuroscience literature. Neuropsychologia, 53, 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.11.010
• Document type: historical study
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- • Gilboa, A., & Marlatte, H. (2017). Neurobiology of schemas and schema-mediated memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(8), 618–631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2017.04.013
• Document type: literature review
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- • Ost, J., Udell, J., Dear, S., Zinken, J., Blank, H., & Costall, A. (2022). The serial reproduction of an urban myth: Revisiting Bartlett’s schema theory. Memory, 30(6), 775–783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2059514
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Tse, D., Langston, R. F., Kakeyama, M., Bethus, I., Spooner, P. A., Wood, E. R., Witter, M. P., & Morris, R. G. M. (2007). Schemas and memory consolidation. Science, 316(5821), 76–82. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135935
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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représentation schématique
URI
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