Shaping Memories: How New Information Alters Memory Structure

Although humans experience the world continuously, their memories are segmented into distinct events.  For example, you might remember details from a study session as being more closely associated with each other compared to details from the walk to the library, even if the walk occurred just minutes before. This phenomenon is known as event segmentation. This effect is true even when controlling for the duration between these two instances. However, humans often acquire information about past events. Thus, an important question is whether the temporal structure of these segments is open to change, such as when your friend tells you that you passed by your favorite actor while walking to dinner. This experiment will explore this question using behavioral experiments.
- Students are expected to spend at least 6 hours/week. Approximately 4 hours will be spent on data collection, 30 minutes on the weekly project meeting, and 1.5 hours on reading and data analysis.
- Interested students are encouraged to reach out to Eren Günseli to describe what motivates them to participate in this project and their current level of research experience.
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