COVID-19 and Memory: A Novel Contamination Effect in Memory
Catégorie
Journal Article
Auteurs
Gaëtan Thiebaut, Alain Méot, Arnaud Witt, Pavol Prokop, Patrick Bonin
Année
2022
Titre
COVID-19 and Memory: A Novel Contamination Effect in Memory
Journal / Livre / Conférence
Evolutionary Psychology
Résumé
The Behavioral Immune System (BIS, Schaller & Park, 2011) is a defense system whose function is to protect against pathogen
exposure. Memory is an important component of this system (Fernandes et al., 2017). We investigated “contamination effects” in
memory in relation to COVID-19. Photographs of everyday objects were shown to adults (N=80) in the hands of either a healthy
or a contagious person who had contracted SARS-CoV-2. “Contaminated objects” were recalled better than “non-contaminated
objects” suggesting that a contamination effect in memory in humans is easily acquired in the absence of apparent visual cues of disease.
Issue
20
Volume
2
Pages
1-10
Mots-clés
COVID-19, pathogens, adaptive memory, behavioral immune system
Liens relatifs
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14747049221108929