Memory for visual scenes is enhanced when events occur at behaviorally relevant times

Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 23:35 in Psychology & Sociology

What determines whether a scene is remembered or forgotten? According to a new study memory for visual scenes may not depend on attention level or what a scene contains, but when the scene is presented. The study shows how visual scenes are encoded into memory at behaviorally relevant points in time.

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