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Searching for two things at once: evidence of exclusivity in semantic and autobiographical memory retrieval

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Maylor, Elizabeth A., Chater, Nick and Jones, G. V. (Gregory V.) (2001) Searching for two things at once: evidence of exclusivity in semantic and autobiographical memory retrieval. Memory & Cognition, Vol.29 (No.8). pp. 1185-1195.

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Abstract

We examined whether retrieval from semantic memory (Experiment 1) and autobiographical memory (Experiment 2) is exclusive, or whether people can search for two things at once. In Experiment I., participants retrieved items as quickly as possible over 4 min from single categories (e.g., foods, countries) and from disjunctive categories (e.g., foods or countries). In Experiment 2, participants retrieved autobiographical episodes associated with single cue words (e.g.,flower, ticket) or with disjunctive cue words (e.g.,flower or ticket). In both experiments, retrieval of items from the disjunctive category did not exceed predictions based on optimal sequencing of retrieval from the corresponding two single categories. That is, exclusivity was observed to occur in retrieval from among multiple nonoverlapping categories in both semantic and autobiographical memory.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Autobiographical memory , Semantic memory, Recollection (Psychology), Memory -- Testing
Journal or Publication Title: Memory & Cognition
Publisher: Psychonomic Society
ISSN: 0090-502X
Official Date: December 2001
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DateEvent
December 2001Published
Volume: Vol.29
Number: No.8
Number of Pages: 11
Page Range: pp. 1185-1195
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Leverhulme Trust (LT), European Commission (EC)
Grant number: RTN-HPRN-CT-1999-00065 (EC)
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: 41st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic-Society
Location of Event: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date(s) of Event: November 2000

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