title: An event-related potential study of the revelation effect.
abstract: Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded during a verbal recognition memory task in order to investigate whether changes in familiarity are part of the explanation for the revelation effect. For half of the test words, participants solved an anagram prior to making the old/new recognition judgment. A revelation effect was obtained: When test words were preceded by the anagram task, a higher probability of an old response was associated with the items than was otherwise the case. The ERPs recorded time-locked to the onset of the test words were separated according to old/new status andthe presence/absence of the anagram task. The ERP index of familiarity was of lower amplitude for both old and new items that were preceded by the anagram task. These findings are consistent with the view that part of the explanation for the revelation effect is a reduction in the familiarity of the critical test items.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales. nazanin@cardiff.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nazanin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Azimian-Faridani
authors.forename: Edward L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Wilding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D021641:Recognition, Psychology
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