The Importance of Selectivity in Memory: The Influence of Value on Monitoring, Learning, and Cognitive Aging

摘要: Author(s): Friedman, Michael Charles | Advisor(s): Castel, Alan D Abstract: Remembering information based on its importance or value can help facilitate a person's quality of life by having them selectively prioritize specific at the cost being less likely to remember other, important, information. My dissertation examines cognitive mechanisms that are involved with this "value-directed remembering" (VDR), as well how effectively learning be applied using memory practically in everyday life. Specifically, I tested whether influences category (Chapter 2; Experiments 1-3) and impact remembering medication side effects 3; 4-6). Generally speaking, results from present research suggest VDR occur these paradigms under certain conditions, performance both younger older adults. The findings show goal-directed occurs presence high selective encoding and/or rehearsal important during is cognitively active effortful process. This illustrates we place us our and, turn, later retrieval for theoretically driven practical tasks. implications range assisting students improve their study habits, helping doctors identify classify tumors broken bones, improving overall