How Processing Fluency Contributes to the Old/New Effects of Familiarity and Recollection

Evidence From the Remember/Know Paradigm

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ID21288013
AuthorsAiqing Nie (0000-0002-1462-1110, Zhejiang University, corresponding author), Ru Pan (Zhejiang University), Hongwu Shen (Zhejiang University), Hong-Wu Shen (Zhejiang University)
Year2021
Volume134
Issue3
Pages297-319
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9556 • E-ISSN: 1939-8298
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/amerjpsyc.134.3.0297
OpenAlexW4210785346
LanguageEN
References cited59

Previous investigations have demonstrated FN400 and LPC, 2 event-related potential old/new effects that respectively reflect familiarity- and recollection-based processes in memory. However, it is unclear whether these effects are susceptible to processing fluency, particularly different types of processing fluency. To address this issue, applying a masked priming paradigm, we conducted an event-related potential experiment by manipulating semantic relations between the prime and the target as identical (reflecting perceptual fluency), thematically and taxonomically related (referring to conceptual fluency), and unrelated. A remember/know (R/K) judgment task in the test phase was used to distinguish familiarity- and recollection-based processes. Behaviorally, both task performance and response speed were modulated by the variables of priming condition, item type, and response type. All 4 priming conditions elicited significant FN400 and LPC. Compared with the K response, the R response was more relevant to the recollection-based processes reflected by LPC. Both FN400 and LPC were modulated by whether there was a response of R, K, or new. The former was susceptible only to conceptual fluency, and the latter was sensitive to both perceptual fluency and conceptual fluency, which offered telling evidence for the dual process model. Considerations for future investigations are proposed. See supplemental materials here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/ajp/media/evidence_in_remember_know_paradigm

Cognitive psychology · Fluency · Perception · Priming (agriculture) · Processing fluency · Recall · Task (project management) · Cognitive Functions and Memory · Memory Processes and Influences · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology

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