Shadows of the past: temporal retrieval effects in recognition memory.
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.
Schwartz
Greg
G
Princeton University, USA.
Howard
Marc W
MW
Jing
Bing
B
Kahana
Michael J
MJ
D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013997:Time Factors