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标题：Better Destination Memory in Females
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作者：Mohamad El Haj ; Philippe Allain ; Joanna Lucenet 等
期刊名称：Advances in Cognitive Psychology
电子版ISSN：1895-1171
出版年度：2020
卷号：16
期号：3
页码：242-247
DOI：10.5709/acp-0300-2
语种：English
出版社：Prague Development Center
摘要：Destination memory refers to the ability to remember to whom one has sent information. The current study investigated gender differences in destination memory. Female and male participants were asked to tell proverbs to pictures depicting faces of female and male celebrities. Participants were later asked to decide to whom each proverb had been previously told. Results showed better destination memory (regardless of the destination’s gender) in female participants than in male participants, a performance that was significantly correlated with verbal episodic memory. However, no own-gender bias was observed, as both female and male participants demonstrated similar memory for female and male destinations. Taken together, our findings suggest a relationship between females’ superiority in destination memory and their better verbal episodic memory. The absence of an own-gender bias in destination memory is interpreted an evolutionary need to maintain social contacts with all genders.