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Similarity and attraction effects in episodic memory judgments
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Maylor, Elizabeth A. and Roberts, Matthew A. J. (2007) Similarity and attraction effects in episodic memory judgments. Cognition, Vol.105 (No.3). pp. 715-723. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.002 ISSN 0010-0277.
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Abstract
In the decision-making literature, it is known that preferences between two options can be influenced in different ways by the introduction of a third option. We investigated whether such influences could be demonstrated when making decisions about qualitative aspects of episodic memories. In a baseline condition, participants were asked which of two dissimilar events they remembered more vividly: (A) a well-known Olympic victory, or (B) the death of a well-known public figure. In two further conditions, a third event was added: (C) an Olympic victory similar and competitive to A, or (D) an Olympic victory similar but inferior to A. With the addition of C, participants were less likely to choose A than B (similarity effect), whereas with the addition of D, they were more likely to choose A than B (attraction effect), suggesting that effects known in decision-making can be generalised to relative judgments about episodic memories.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Decision making -- Research, Memory, Similarity judgement, Recollection (Psychology), Perception -- Research | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cognition | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||
ISSN: | 0010-0277 | ||||
Official Date: | 16 January 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.105 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 715-723 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.002 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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