Item-specific encoding reduces false recognition of homograph and implicit mediated critical lures

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ID21602209
AuthorsKendal A Smith (School of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA), Mark J Huff (0000-0002-0155-7877, School of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA, corresponding author), Laura A Pazos (0000-0003-1738-7582, Sam Houston State University), Joseph L Smith (0000-0001-7738-2631, School of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA), Kyla M Cosentino (School of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA)
Year2022
Volume30
Issue3
Pages293-308
Publication date2022-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMemory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0965-8211 • E-ISSN: 1464-0686
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09658211.2021.2010762
PMID34895075
OpenAlexW4200616763
LanguageEN
References cited76

We evaluated the effects of item-specific and relational encoding instructions on false recognition for critical lures that originated from homograph and mediated study lists. Homograph lists contained list items that were taken from two meanings of the same critical lure (e.g., autumn, trip, harvest, stumble; for fall) which disrupted thematic/gist consistency of the list. Mediated lists contained unrelated list items (e.g., slippery, spicy, vent, sleigh) that were indirectly related to a critical lure (e.g., cold), through a set of non-presented mediators (e.g., wet, hot, air, snow), and had no thematic/gist consistency. In two experiments, item-specific and relational encoding improved correct recognition relative to a read-only control task, but only item-specific encoding reduced false recognition of critical lures. Signal-detection analyses indicated that the item-specific reduction increased test-based monitoring. The item-specific reduction for homograph and mediated critical lures is consistent with the activation-monitoring framework given gist-based processes are reduced or eliminated on these list types

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · False Memory · GiST · Recall · Recognition memory · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Memory Processes and Influences · Neuroscience · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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