title: Effect of retention interval on the simultaneous cognate-noncognate and remember-know mirror effects.
abstract: Recognition memory for Spanish-Catalan cognate and noncognate words was tested at retention intervals of 30 minutes, 3 days, and 7 days using a remember/know response procedure. We observed a clear mirror effect for the cognate-noncognate stimulus class and a remember-know response categorisation at the immediate retention interval. However, the cognate and noncognate mirror was still observed at 3 and 7 days, whereas the remember-know mirror disappeared at both retention intervals. Also, we ran a repeated testing condition to be able to carry out a sequential item analysis and observe the fate of the original remember and know responses 3 or 7 days later. The analysis supported the idea that there was a loss of contextual information that was at the root of the disappearance of the remember-know mirror effect. These results provide support to the idea that it is the imbalance between recollection and familiarity that is the most likely cause of the mirror effect.
authors.affiliation: University of Valencia, Spain. Salvador.Algarabel@uv.es
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Algarabel
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pitarque
authors.forename: Arcadio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gotor
mesh_terms: D001244:Association; D003071:Cognition; D003463:Cues; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011939:Mental Recall; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011581:Psychological Tests; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012153:Retention, Psychology