title: Release from output interference in recognition memory: A test of the attention hypothesis.
abstract: Retrieval results in both costs and benefits to episodic memory. Output interference (OI) refers to the finding that episodic memory accuracy decreases with increasing test trials. Release from OI is the restoration of original accuracy at some point during the test. For example, a release from OI in recognition memory testing occurs when the semantic similarity between stimuli decreases midway through testing, suggesting that item representations stored on early trials cause interference on tests occurring on later trials to the extent that the earlier items share features with the latter items. In two recognition memory experiments, we demonstrate release from OI for words and faces. We also test whether release from OI is the result of interference or is due to a boost in attention caused by reorienting to a novel stimulus type. A test for the foils presented during the initial test list supports the interference account of OI. Implications for models of memory are discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Amy H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Criss
authors.affiliation: 1 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salomão
authors.affiliation: 2 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Malmberg
authors.affiliation: 1 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.|3 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aue
authors.affiliation: 1 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.|4 Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kılıç
authors.affiliation: 1 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: MarkAvery
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Claridge
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011897:Random Allocation; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics; D014825:Vocabulary
keywords: Episodic memory; faces; output interference; proactive interference; words