title: Production benefits both recollection and familiarity.
abstract: In three experiments, we investigated the roles of recollection and familiarity in the production effect--the finding that words read aloud are remembered better than words read silently. Experiment 1, using the remember/know procedure, and Experiment 2, using the receiver operating characteristic procedure, converged in demonstrating that production enhanced both recollection and familiarity. Experiment 3 supported the role of recollection by demonstrating that specific episodic information--that is, whether a word had been studied aloud or silently--was stronger for items studied aloud. These findings fit with an explanation of the production effect as hinging on two factors: greater recollection of distinctive information from the study episode, and more familiarity due to greater attention allocated to the material studied aloud.
authors: Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada. jdozubko@rotman-baycrest.on.ca
authors: Jason D
authors: JD
authors: Ozubko
authors: Nigel
authors: N
authors: Gopie
authors: Colin M
authors: CM
authors: MacLeod
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D012372:ROC Curve; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014706:Verbal Learning