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The Context of Cognition: Emerging Perspectives

1st Edition - October 27, 2021

Editors: Kara D. Federmeier, Lili Sahakyan

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The Context of Cognition: Emerging Perspectives, Volume 75 in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and… Read more

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The Context of Cognition: Emerging Perspectives, Volume 75 in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving.

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Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Chapter One: Should context hold a special place in hippocampal memory?
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: What makes something context?
3: The hippocampus holds a special place in item-context memory
4: Context is just one of the many types of stimuli the hippocampus binds
5: Context and the organization of hippocampal memory
6: Hippocampal binding and organization is in service of flexible cognition
7: Hippocampal relational processes interact with clinical and life-style factors
8: The hippocampus does not work alone
9: So, should context hold a special place in hippocampal memory?
References
Chapter Two: Context in language comprehension
Abstract
1: Context: Definitions and classifications
2: Features of context
3: Mechanisms of context use
4: Sentence context
5: Discourse context
6: Implicit verb causality
7: Social cognition
8: Verbal humor
9: Summary and conclusions
References
Chapter Three: Remembering and reconstructing episodic context: An overview of source monitoring methods and behavioral findings
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Processes of source monitoring
3: Methods/measurement of source-monitoring processes
4: Piecing apart (some) empirical findings and application examples
5: Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Four: Effects of retrieval practice on tested and untested information: Cortico-hippocampal interactions and error-driven learning
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: How and why retrieval affects memory
3: A complementary learning systems model of retrieval practice effects
4: Outstanding questions and predictions
5: Conclusion
References
Chapter Five: The role of context in episodic memory: Behavior and neurophysiology
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Defining context
3: Retrieved context models
4: Key behavioral evidence for retrieved context models
5: Neurophysiological measures of temporal context
6: Variability in temporal context representations
7: Source context
8: Concluding remarks
References
Chapter Six: The many timescales of context in language processing
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Context as information guiding inferences on multiple timescales
3: Broadening context to longer timescales
4: The future of context
5: Conclusion
References
Chapter Seven: Context differentiation and remindings in episodic memory updating
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Context differentiation: Separating experiences
3: Context reinstatement at study: Remindings of past experiences
4: Concluding remarks
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter Eight: Using lexical context to discover the noun category: Younger children have it easier
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Background
3: Tools for analyzing nonstationary input
4: Simple statistics of nouns in caregiver speech
5: Age-related fragmentation of nouns
6: The entropy-maximization hypothesis
7: General discussion
8: Conclusion
References