title: Familiarity is related to conceptual implicit memory: an examination of individual differences.
abstract: Explicit memory is thought to be distinct from implicit memory. However, growing evidence has indicated that explicit familiarity-based recognition memory judgments rely on the same process that supports conceptual implicit memory. We tested this hypothesis by examining individual differences using a paradigm wherein we measured both familiarity and conceptual implicit memory within the same participants. In Experiments 1a and 1b, we examined recognition memory confidence ROCs and remember/know responses, respectively, to estimate recollection and familiarity, and used a free association task to measure conceptual implicit memory. The results demonstrated that, across participants, familiarity, but not recollection, was significantly correlated with conceptual priming. In contrast, in Experiment 2, utilizing a similar paradigm, a comparison of recognition memory ROCs and explicit associative cued-recall performance indicated that cued recall was related to both recollection and familiarity. These results are consistent with models assuming that familiarity-based recognition and conceptual implicit memory rely on similar underlying processes.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. wwa@ucdavis.edu
authors: Wei-chun
authors: WC
authors: Wang
authors: Andrew P
authors: AP
authors: Yonelinas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall; D012372:ROC Curve; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult