Continuous recollection versus unitized familiarity in associative recognition
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| Title: | Continuous recollection versus unitized familiarity in associative recognition |
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| Authors: | Mickes, Laura, Johnson, Emily M, Wixted, John T |
| Source: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 36:843-863 |
| Publisher Information: | American Psychological Association (APA), 2010. |
| Publication Year: | 2010 |
| Subject Terms: | Signal Detection, Psychological, Universities, Mental Recall/physiology, Neuropsychological Tests, Vocabulary, Association Learning/physiology, Judgment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Recognition (Psychology)/physiology, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Students, Chi-Square Distribution, 05 social sciences, Association Learning, Reproducibility of Results, Recognition, Psychology, Signal Detection, ROC Curve, Judgment/physiology, Mental Recall, Linear Models, Psychological |
| Description: | Recollection has long been thought to play a key role in associative recognition tasks. Evidence that associative recollection might be a threshold process has come from analyses of the associative recognition receiver operating characteristic (ROC). Specifically, the ROC is not as curvilinear as a signal detection theory requires. In addition, the Z-ROC is usually curvilinear, as a threshold recollection model requires, not linear, as a signal detection model requires. In Experiment 1, word pairs were strengthened at study, which yielded a curvilinear ROC and a linear Z-ROC (in accordance with signal detection theory). This result suggests that associative recognition performance was based on a continuous variable, one that likely consists of either unitized familiarity or continuous recollection. The remember-know procedure and an unexpected cued recall test suggested that the more curvilinear ROC in the strong condition was mainly due to increased recollection. In Experiment 2, word pairs were presented for an old-new recognition decision before being presented for an associative recognition decision. When pairs consisting of items not recognized as having been seen on the list were removed from the analysis, the ROC again became curvilinear, the Z-ROC again became linear, and most associative recognition decisions were associated with remember judgments. These findings suggest that the curvilinear Z-ROC often observed on associative recognition tests results from noise, as a mixture signal detection model assumes, and that recollection is a continuous process that yields a curvilinear ROC that is well characterized by signal detection theory. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1939-1285 0278-7393 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0019755 |
| Access URL: | https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc2892159?pdf=render https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20565205 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-12650-001 http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/a0019755 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2892159 https://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/a0019755 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565205 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7dc498f174e82a9a426adaac58c9fef0 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Recollection has long been thought to play a key role in associative recognition tasks. Evidence that associative recollection might be a threshold process has come from analyses of the associative recognition receiver operating characteristic (ROC). Specifically, the ROC is not as curvilinear as a signal detection theory requires. In addition, the Z-ROC is usually curvilinear, as a threshold recollection model requires, not linear, as a signal detection model requires. In Experiment 1, word pairs were strengthened at study, which yielded a curvilinear ROC and a linear Z-ROC (in accordance with signal detection theory). This result suggests that associative recognition performance was based on a continuous variable, one that likely consists of either unitized familiarity or continuous recollection. The remember-know procedure and an unexpected cued recall test suggested that the more curvilinear ROC in the strong condition was mainly due to increased recollection. In Experiment 2, word pairs were presented for an old-new recognition decision before being presented for an associative recognition decision. When pairs consisting of items not recognized as having been seen on the list were removed from the analysis, the ROC again became curvilinear, the Z-ROC again became linear, and most associative recognition decisions were associated with remember judgments. These findings suggest that the curvilinear Z-ROC often observed on associative recognition tests results from noise, as a mixture signal detection model assumes, and that recollection is a continuous process that yields a curvilinear ROC that is well characterized by signal detection theory. |
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| ISSN: | 19391285 02787393 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0019755 |