Title
A meta-analysis of the survival-processing advantage in memory
Abstract
The survival-processing advantage occurs when processing words for their survival value improves later performance on a memory test. Due to the interest in this topic, we conducted a meta-analysis to review the literature regarding the survival-processing advantage, in order to estimate a bias-corrected effect size. Traditional meta-analytic methods were used, as well as the test of excess significance, p-curve, p-uniform, trim and fill, PET–PEESE, and selection models, to reevaluate previous effect sizes while controlling for forms of small-study-size effects. The average effect sizes for survival processing ranged between η =.06 and.09 for between-subjects experiments and between η =.15 and.18 for within-subjects experiments, after correcting for potential bias and selective reporting. Overall, researchers can expect to find medium to large survival-processing effects, with selective reporting and bias-correcting techniques typically estimating lower effect sizes than traditional meta-analytic techniques. p p 2 2
Department(s)
Psychology
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1346-0
Keywords
Effect size, Memory, Meta-analysis, Survival processing
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Recommended Citation
Scofield, John E., Erin M. Buchanan, and Bogdan Kostic. "A meta-analysis of the survival-processing advantage in memory." Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 25, no. 3 (2018): 997-1012.
Journal Title
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
