Effects of Psychological Distance on Memory Specificity

Abstract: Stimuli can be remembered based on their exact perceptual details (i.e., verbatim memory) or global/categorical meaning (i.e., gist memory). According to Construal Level Theory, the level of abstraction people use to process a stimulus is dependent on its perceived psychological distance: a more abstract, high-level construal for a more psychologically distal stimulus and vice … Read more