Psychology Department, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 61920, USA.
Mem Cognit. 2023 Nov;51(8):1729-1744. doi: 10.3758/s13421-023-01430-6. Epub 2023 May 12.
It is now well established that the activation of semantic memories leads to the activation of autobiographical memories. Studies have shown that semantic processing of words or pictures primes autobiographical memories on voluntary and involuntary autobiographical memory tasks (the Crovitz cue-word task and the vigilance task). Known as semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming, our goal in the current study was to demonstrate the ubiquitous nature of this form of priming by showing that a wide variety of stimuli will prime involuntary autobiographical memories on the vigilance task. In Experiment 1, semantic-to-autobiographical priming was obtained on the vigilance task following the processing of sounds (e.g., the sound of bowling) and spoken words (e.g., the word bowling). In Experiment 2, semantic-to-autobiographical priming was observed on the vigilance task following tactile processing (e.g., the objects ball, glasses) and visual word processing (e.g., the words ball, glasses). In Experiment 3, semantic-to-autobiographical priming was observed on the vigilance task following the processing of videos (e.g., videos of a marching parade) and visual word processing (e.g., the word parade). The results of these experiments support the idea that semantic-to-autobiographical activations occur across a wide variety of stimuli (e.g., linguistic, perceptual). The results also further support the idea that semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming may play an important role in the production of involuntary memories in everyday life. Additional implications (for priming theory and autobiographical memory functions) are discussed.
现在已经充分证明，语义记忆的激活会导致自传体记忆的激活。研究表明，对单词或图片进行语义处理会在自愿和非自愿自传体记忆任务（Crovitz 线索词任务和警戒任务）上启动自传体记忆。这种现象被称为语义到自传体记忆启动，我们在当前研究中的目标是通过证明各种刺激都会在警戒任务上启动非自愿自传体记忆来证明这种启动形式的普遍性。在实验 1 中，在处理声音（例如，保龄球的声音）和口语词（例如，保龄球的词）后，在警戒任务上获得了语义到自传体的启动。在实验 2 中，在处理触觉（例如，球、眼镜等物体）和视觉词（例如，球、眼镜等词）后，在警戒任务上观察到了语义到自传体的启动。在实验 3 中，在处理视频（例如，游行的视频）和视觉词处理（例如，游行的词）后，在警戒任务上观察到了语义到自传体的启动。这些实验的结果支持了这样一种观点，即语义到自传体的激活发生在各种刺激之间（例如，语言的、感知的）。结果还进一步支持了这样一种观点，即语义到自传体记忆启动可能在日常生活中无意识记忆的产生中发挥重要作用。讨论了其他的影响（对启动理论和自传体记忆功能）。
