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"Being there" and remembering it: Presence improves memory encoding
Makowski, D., Sperduti, M., Nicolas, S., & Piolino, P.
Consciousness and Cognition, 2017
The sense of "being there" in a virtual environment — presence — is usually treated as a measure of how convincing the simulation is. Here it predicts memory: the stronger the presence during an episode, the better it was later remembered.
Keywords: Virtual Reality · Episodic Memory
Cite
Makowski, D., Sperduti, M., Nicolas, S., & Piolino, P. (2017). "Being there" and remembering it: Presence improves memory encoding. Consciousness and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CONCOG.2017.06.015
See also
- How virtual embodiment affects episodic memory functioning: A proof-of-concept study — Tuena, C., Serino, S., Gaston-Bellegarde, A., Orriols, E., Makowski, D., Riva, G., & Piolino, P. (2017)
- The impact of state and dispositional mindfulness on prospective memory: A virtual reality study — Girardeau, J., Blondé, P., Makowski, D., Abram, M., Piolino, P., & Sperduti, M. (2020)
- In Medio Stat Virtus: intermediate levels of mind wandering improve episodic memory encoding in a virtual environment — Blondé, P., Makowski, D., Sperduti, M., & Piolino, P. (2021)
