Walking through doorways differentially affects recall and familiarity

• Published in: The British journal of psychology Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. 173 - 184
• Main Authors: Seel, Sabrina V., Easton, Alexander, McGregor, Anthony, Buckley, Matthew G., Eacott, Madeline J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Psychological Society 01.02.2019
• Subjects: episodic memory; event model; Familiarity; Humans; location updating effect; Memories; Memory; Mental Recall; recall; Recognition (Psychology); Space Perception - physiology; Walking; episodic memory; familiarity; event model; location updating effect; recall

Previous research has reported that walking through a doorway to a new location makes memory for objects and events experienced in the previous location less accurate. This effect, termed the location updating effect, has been used to suggest that location changes are used to mark boundaries between...