title: Shadows of the past: temporal retrieval effects in recognition memory.
abstract: We examine whether temporally defined associations play a role in item recognition. The role of these associations in recall tasks is well known; we demonstrate an important role in item recognition as well. In this study, subjects were significantly more likely to recognize a test item as having been previously experienced if the preceding test item was studied in a temporally proximal list position than if the preceding test item came from a more distant list position. Further analyses showed that this associative effect was almost entirely due to cases in which the preceding test item received a highest-confidence recognition judgment.
authors.affiliation: Princeton University, USA.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Marc W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kahana
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013997:Time Factors