Benefits of spaced learning are predicted by the re-encoding of past experience in ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
44(2), P. 115232 - 115232
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Language: Английский
The effects of mnemonic variability and spacing on memory over multiple timescales
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
121(12)
Published: March 12, 2024
The
memory
benefit
that
arises
from
distributing
learning
over
time
rather
than
in
consecutive
sessions
is
one
of
the
most
robust
effects
cognitive
psychology.
While
prior
work
has
mainly
focused
on
repeated
exposures
to
same
information,
real
world,
mnemonic
content
dynamic,
with
some
pieces
information
staying
stable
while
others
vary.
Thus,
open
questions
remain
about
efficacy
spacing
effect
face
variability
content.
Here,
two
experiments,
we
investigated
contributions
and
timescale
intervals,
ranging
seconds
days,
long-term
memory.
For
item
memory,
both
intervals
were
beneficial
for
memory;
however,
was
greater
at
shorter
intervals.
In
contrast,
associative
repetition
benefits
only
emerged
absence
variability.
These
results
highlight
a
critical
role
effect,
bringing
this
classic
paradigm
into
more
ecologically
valid
contexts.
Language: Английский
Rapid Learning in Frontline Grocery Workers During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Applied Cognitive Psychology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
38(6)
Published: Nov. 1, 2024
ABSTRACT
Prolonged
stress
and
the
need
for
rapid
uptake
of
information
can
have
detrimental
effects
on
memory
cognition,
whereas
meaningfulness
study
material
motivation
to
learn
positive
effects.
How
do
these
opposing
conditions
impact
workplace
learning
in
essential
frontline
workers
during
a
global
pandemic?
We
analyzed
data
collected
longitudinally
since
before
pandemic
over
85,000
grocery
nonessential
telecommunications
via
management
system
that
incorporates
spaced
retrieval
schedule,
where
items
are
retrieved
following
retention
intervals
varying
length.
Findings
indicate
more
knowledge
(a)
than
pandemic,
(b)
COVID‐19‐related
content
non‐COVID
content,
(c)
United
States
Canada.
Longer‐term
maintenance
training
was
similar
across
groups.
Evidence
enhanced
supports
efforts
integrate
empirically
based
strategies
from
behavioral
sciences
into
learning‐based
technologies.
Language: Английский
Benefits of spaced learning are predicted by re-encoding of past experience in ventromedial prefrontal cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 15, 2024
ABSTRACT
More
than
a
century
of
research
shows
that
spaced
learning
improves
long-term
memory.
Yet,
there
remains
debate
concerning
why.
A
major
limitation
to
resolving
theoretical
debates
is
the
lack
evidence
for
how
neural
representations
change
as
function
spacing.
Here,
leveraging
massive-scale
7T
human
fMRI
dataset,
we
tracked
and
behavioral
expressions
memory
participants
viewed
thousands
natural
scene
images
repeated
at
lags
ranging
from
seconds
many
months.
We
show
increases
similarity
ventromedial
prefrontal
cortex
across
stimulus
encounters
and,
critically,
these
parallel
predict
benefits
Additionally,
spacing
critically
depend
on
remembering
in
turn,
‘re-encoding’
past
experience.
Collectively,
our
findings
provide
fundamental
insight
into
influences
why
beneficial.
Language: Английский