Enhanced Memory for Scenes Presented at Behaviorally Relevant Points in Time

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Jeffrey Y. Lin ,

* E-mail: jytlin@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Amanda D. Pype,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Scott O. Murray,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Geoffrey M. Boynton

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Reader Comments

The ability to remember a briefly presented scene depends on a number of factors, such as its saliency, novelty, degree of threat, or behavioral relevance to a task.
http://plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000337#article1.front1.article-meta1.abstract2.p1

Data for this study are available here: http://depts.washington.edu/viscog/Research/EnhancedMemory.rar

No competing interests declared.

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