Benefits of spaced learning are predicted by re-encoding of past experience in ventromedial prefrontal cortex DOI Creative Commons
Futing Zou, Brice A. Kuhl, Sarah DuBrow

et al.

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

Benefits of spaced learning are predicted by the re-encoding of past experience in ventromedial prefrontal cortex DOI
Futing Zou, Brice A. Kuhl, Sarah DuBrow

et al.

Cell Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 44(2), P. 115232 - 115232

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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The effects of mnemonic variability and spacing on memory over multiple timescales DOI
Emily T. Cowan, Yiwen Zhang, Benjamin M. Rottman

et al.

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

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Rapid Learning in Frontline Grocery Workers During the COVID‐19 Pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Julia G. Halilova,

Deltcho Valtchanov,

R. Shayna Rosenbaum

et al.

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

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Benefits of spaced learning are predicted by re-encoding of past experience in ventromedial prefrontal cortex DOI Creative Commons
Futing Zou, Brice A. Kuhl, Sarah DuBrow

et al.

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

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