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This study examined the role of schema in facilitating memory for schema-relevant information experienced prior to the acquisition of the schema. Participants watched a video clip with no sound (to make it more incomprehensible), with or without a short description given before or after the video. Immediately, one week, or one month later, participants were asked to recognize the scenes by choosing familiar pictures out of schema relevant or schema irrelevant picture pool. Results showed that schema gained subsequent to specific events have positive and negative effects on the memory of the events. Implication to delayed recall for traumatic events, recovered memory of previously unrecallable events, and plausibility of planting false memory were discussed.
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