Response reversals in recognition memory.
Using a dynamic sequential sampling model and a recently proposed model for confidence judgments in recognition memory (T. Van Zandt, 2000b), the authors examine the tendency for rememberers to reverse their responses after a primary decision. In 4 experiments, speeded "old"-"new" decisions were made under bias followed by a 2nd response', either a confidence judgment or another simple choice. The data from these experiments showed that participants know when they have made a mistake and that they respond to this knowledge by reversing their responses. Response reversals are thus shown to be important for constructing models of the response-selection process in recognition memory.
Van Zandt
Trisha
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Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1222, USA.
Maldonado-Molina
Mildred M
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D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011930:Reaction Time; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D014825:Vocabulary