The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location

Harmen B. Gudde; Kenny R. Coventry; Paul E. Engelhardt

The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location

Harmen B. Gudde, Kenny R. Coventry, Paul E. Engelhardt

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Abstract

In this study, the influence of two types of language on memory for object location was investigated: demonstratives (this, that) and possessives (my, your). Participants read instructions (containing this/that/my/your/the) to place objects at different locations. They then had to recall those object locations. Experiments 1 and 2 tested the contrasting predictions of two possible accounts of language on memory: the expectation model (Coventry, Griffiths, & Hamilton, 2014) and the congruence account (Bonfiglioli, Finocchiaro, Gesierich, Rositani, & Vescovi, 2009). In Experiment 3, the role of attention as a possible mechanism was investigated. The results across all three experiments show striking effects of language on object location memory; objects in the “that” and “your” condition were misremembered to be further away than objects in the “this” and “my” condition. The data favored the expectation model: expected location cued by language and actual location are concatenated leading to (mis)memory for object location.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015
Editors	David C. Noelle, Rick Dale, Anne Warlaumont, Jeff Yoshimi, Teenie Matlock, Carolyn D. Jennings, Paul P. Maglio
Publisher	Cognitive Science Society
Pages	830-835
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780991196722
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015 - Pasadena, United States Duration: 23 Jul 2015 → 25 Jul 2015

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015

Conference

Conference	37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pasadena
Period	23/07/15 → 25/07/15

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© Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015.All rights reserved.

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 316748. This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 316748.

Funders	Funder number
Seventh Framework Programme	316748
Seventh Framework Programme

Keywords

memory for object location
possessives
spatial demonstratives

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Gudde, H. B., Coventry, K. R., & Engelhardt, P. E. (2015). The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015 (pp. 830-835). (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015). Cognitive Science Society.

Gudde, Harmen B. ; Coventry, Kenny R. ; Engelhardt, Paul E. / The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. editor / David C. Noelle ; Rick Dale ; Anne Warlaumont ; Jeff Yoshimi ; Teenie Matlock ; Carolyn D. Jennings ; Paul P. Maglio. Cognitive Science Society, 2015. pp. 830-835 (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

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Gudde, HB, Coventry, KR & Engelhardt, PE 2015, The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location. in DC Noelle, R Dale, A Warlaumont, J Yoshimi, T Matlock, CD Jennings & PP Maglio (eds), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015, Cognitive Science Society, pp. 830-835, 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015, Pasadena, United States, 23/07/15.

The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location. / Gudde, Harmen B.; Coventry, Kenny R.; Engelhardt, Paul E.
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. ed. / David C. Noelle; Rick Dale; Anne Warlaumont; Jeff Yoshimi; Teenie Matlock; Carolyn D. Jennings; Paul P. Maglio. Cognitive Science Society, 2015. p. 830-835 (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

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Gudde HB, Coventry KR, Engelhardt PE. The Influence of Language on Memory for Object Location. In Noelle DC, Dale R, Warlaumont A, Yoshimi J, Matlock T, Jennings CD, Maglio PP, editors, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. Cognitive Science Society. 2015. p. 830-835. (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

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