title: When are moving images remembered better? Study-test congruence and the dynamic superiority effect.
abstract: It has previously been shown that moving images are remembered better than static ones. In two experiments, we investigated the basis for this dynamic superiority effect. Participants studied scenes presented as a single static image, a sequence of still images, or a moving video clip, and 3 days later completed a recognition test in which familiar and novel scenes were presented in all three formats. We found a marked congruency effect: For a given study format, accuracy was highest when test items were shown in the same format. Neither the dynamic superiority effect nor the study-test congruency effect was affected by encoding (Experiment 1) or retrieval (Experiment 2) manipulations, suggesting that these effects are relatively impervious to strategic control. The results demonstrate that the spatio-temporal properties of complex, realistic scenes are preserved in long-term memory.
authors.affiliation: University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL, UK. l.g.buratto@warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: Luciano G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Buratto
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lamberts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010470:Perceptual Masking / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D055815:Young Adult