title: Incidental context information increases recollection.
abstract: The current study describes a receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) task for human participants based on the spontaneous recognition memory paradigms typically used with rodents. Recollection was significantly higher when an object was in the same location and background as at encoding, a combination used to assess episodic-like memory in animals, but not when only one of these task-irrelevant cues was present. The results show that incidentally encoded cue information can determine the degree of recollection, and opens up the possibility of assessing recollection across species in a single experimental paradigm, allowing better understanding of the cognitive and biological mechanisms at play.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kamar E
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7583-4099
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ameen-Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Liam J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Madeline J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Eacott
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Easton
mesh_terms: D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D012372:ROC Curve; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*