Close to the same: Similarity influences remembered distance between stimuli

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Beitragende

Abstract

Six preregistered studies show that the degree of similarity of two objects biases people’s spatial memory of these objects. When objects are high in similarity, people remember having seen them closer together in space than when they are low in similarity. All six studies provide correlational evidence, showing that the more similar participants rated two stimuli, the smaller they remembered the distance between them. This was true for both conceptual and perceptual similarity (Study 3). Furthermore, Studies 2, 4A, and 4B provide evidence of causality by manipulating similarity experimentally. Replicating the correlational findings, highly similar stimuli were remembered as closer together than stimuli low in similarity. This pattern was found across different stimulus categories and similarity dimensions. Overall, these findings show that the similarity of stimuli influences perceivers’ reconstruction of their spatial locations.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1814-1828
Seitenumfang15
FachzeitschriftPsychonomic bulletin & review
Jahrgang30
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 29 März 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85151376040
WOS 000960248800002
PubMed 36988892
Mendeley a01d0512-fb66-3401-b554-59532f99efa6

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Comparison, Conceptual metaphor, Similarity, Spatial memory, Spatial processes, Mental Recall, Humans, Spatial Memory