Many people enjoy trivia, but some people are way better at it than the rest of us. What is different about how their memory works? Our research (led by Monica Thieu, w/ Lauren Wilkins) characterizing the memories of trivia experts vs. non-experts is now out and featured in @sciam.bsky.social!

Peer-reviewed paper here; preprint in the thread above

Episodic-semantic linkage for $1000: New semantic knowledge is more strongly coupled with episodic memory in trivia experts - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Some people exhibit impressive memory for a wide array of semantic knowledge. What makes these trivia experts better able to learn and retain novel facts? We hypothesized that new semantic knowledge m...

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This tracks — I got Tallulah Bankhead’s name during Jeopardy! last night and my fiance asked “How do you know that?!” I very clearly remember reading a Wiki about her…

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