Memory strength and recency judgments |
| |
Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Douglas?L?HintzmanEmail author |
| |
Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Winnipeg, MB, Canada;(2) University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California |
| |
Abstract: | Two experiments were done to examine the effect of memory strength on numerical judgment of recency (JOR). In one experiment,
the strong versus weak manipulation was defined by stimulus type (pictures vs. names); and in the other, it was defined by
long versus short study durations of pictures. Two hypotheses were contrasted: (1) that strong items seem more recent than
weak items (theactivation hypothesis), and (2) that JORs are more accurate for strong items than for weak items (theaccuracy hypothesis). Results of both experiments supported the activation hypothesis. On the basis of these and previous results, it is argued
that recency is inferred partly from a memory’s strength or activation and partly from some other time-related clue to the
age of the memory. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|