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List strength effect without list length effect in recognition memory
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Buratto, Luciano Grüdtner and Lamberts, Koen (2008) List strength effect without list length effect in recognition memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol.61 (No.2). pp. 218-226. doi:10.1080/17470210701566713
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210701566713
Abstract
The study of list length effects (adding items to a list affects memory for the other items) and list strength effects (strengthening some items in a list affects memory for the nonstrengthened items) is important to constrain models of memory. In recognition memory, a list length effect is generally found, whereas a list strength effect is not. Using the switched-plurality procedure in an old-new recognition task (e.g., study banana; test bananas), we found the opposite pattern. Length manipulations caused no change in memory performance, whereas strength manipulations did. The list strength effect was found when recollection was likely to operate at test (with switched-plurality lures). When recollection was unlikely to operate (with unrelated lures), the strength effect disappeared. The result was observed using both a size judgement task (which has previously produced positive list strength effects) and a pleasantness judgement task (which has not yielded list strength effects before).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Recollection (Psychology), Recognition (Psychology), Memory -- Testing, Short-term memory, Human information processing | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology | ||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
| ISSN: | 1747-0218 | ||||
| Official Date: | February 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.61 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 218-226 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/17470210701566713 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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