Memory Variability Is Due to the Contribution of Recollection and Familiarity, Not to Encoding Variability

Autor/inn/en	Koen, Joshua D.; Yonelinas, Andrew P.
Titel	Memory Variability Is Due to the Contribution of Recollection and Familiarity, Not to Encoding Variability
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36 (2010) 6, S.1536-1542 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/a0020448
Schlagwörter	Test Items; Familiarity; Recognition (Psychology); Regression (Statistics); Memory; Validity; Theories; Cognitive Processes; Recall (Psychology); Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Test content; Testaufgabe; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Gedächtnis; Gültigkeit; Theory; Theorie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Abberufung
Abstract	It is well established that the memory strength of studied items is more variable than the strength of new items on tests of recognition memory, but the reason why this occurs is poorly understood. One account for this old "item variance effect" is based on single-process theory, which proposes that this effect is due to variability in how well items are initially encoded into memory (i.e., the encoding variability account). In contrast, dual-process theory argues that old items are more variable because they are influenced by both recollection and familiarity, whereas recognition of new items relies primarily on familiarity. The present study shows that increasing encoding variability did not increase old item variance and that old item variance is directly related to the contribution of recollection. These results indicate that old item memory variability is due to the relative contribution of recollection and familiarity. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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