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| Author(s) Johns, E. E., Mewhort, D. J. K. |
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| Title Test Sequence Priming in Recognition Memory |
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| Publication Name Journal of Experimental psychology: Learning memory & Cognition |
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| Publisher Americal Psychological Association |
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| Volume 35 |
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Pages 1162-1174 |
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Publication Year 2009 |
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| Abstract We examined priming within the test sequence in three recognition memory experiments. A probe primed its successor whenever both probes shared a feature with the same studied item (interjacent priming), indicating that the study item like the probe is central to the decision. Interjacent priming occurred even when the two probes did not themselves share any features: A lure that shared a single feature with a study item primed a lure that shared a different feature with the same study item. Our experiments distinguished interjacent priming from other types of facilitation. Interjacent priming indicates that a study item that is like the probe is more relevant to the decision than other study items, contrary to global memory models. It also shows that negative decisions depend on contradiction, not insufficient familiarity, because lures, as well as targets, benefited. We discuss the data in terms of a recall check within a dual-process theory, but we prefer a single-process resonance model with separate decision mechanisms for Yes and No responses (Mewhort & Johns, 2005). |
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| Keywords human memory, Priming, recognition |
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