Event Title
Individual Differences in Recognition Memory
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Psychology, Philosophy, Spanish
Mentor Information
Joel Quamme
Department
Psychology
Location
Kirkhof Center KC60
Start Date
10-4-2013 10:00 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 11:00 AM
Keywords
Social Science
Abstract
Previous research suggests that people make recognition memory judgments on the basis of two kinds of information: they can assess the general familiarity of a stimulus, or they can recollect specific details about having encountered it before. However, there is little consensus on how often recollection is used in recognition. In this study, we addressed this issue from an individual differences perspective. Participants completed tests of working memory, recall, and several types of recognition memory that should rely on recollection to varying degrees (depending on the ambiguity of familiarity information), and for different reasons (i.e., for rejecting or accepting items). We reasoned that, to the extent that recognition judgments depend on recollection, performance on these tasks should correlate with recall and working memory. We report these results and discuss their implications for understanding individual variability in how people make memory decisions.
Individual Differences in Recognition Memory
Kirkhof Center KC60
Previous research suggests that people make recognition memory judgments on the basis of two kinds of information: they can assess the general familiarity of a stimulus, or they can recollect specific details about having encountered it before. However, there is little consensus on how often recollection is used in recognition. In this study, we addressed this issue from an individual differences perspective. Participants completed tests of working memory, recall, and several types of recognition memory that should rely on recollection to varying degrees (depending on the ambiguity of familiarity information), and for different reasons (i.e., for rejecting or accepting items). We reasoned that, to the extent that recognition judgments depend on recollection, performance on these tasks should correlate with recall and working memory. We report these results and discuss their implications for understanding individual variability in how people make memory decisions.