On the Lawfulness of the Decision to Terminate Memory Search

Autor/inn/en	Harbison, J. Isaiah; Dougherty, Michael R.; Davelaar, Eddy J.; Fayyad, Basma
Titel	On the Lawfulness of the Decision to Terminate Memory Search
Quelle	In: Cognition, 111 (2009) 3, S.416-421 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2009.03.002
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Memory; Recall (Psychology); Models; Decision Making; Experiments; Data Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Gedächtnis; Abberufung; Analogiemodell; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Erprobung; Auswertung
Abstract	Nearly every memory retrieval episode ends with a decision to terminate memory search. Yet, no research has investigated whether these search termination decisions are systematic, let alone whether they are made consistent with a particular rule. In the present paper, we used a modified free-recall paradigm to examine the decision to terminate search. Data from two experiments revealed that the total time engaged in retrieval was a monotonically increasing function of the total number of items retrieved, whereas the time from final retrieval to search termination (exit latency) was a monotonically "decreasing" function of the total number of items retrieved. These findings were compared to the predictions of previously proposed stopping rules, using the Search of Associative Memory framework. Of the four rules examined, only one predicts the obtained data pattern. (Contains 4 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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