scholarly journals Word frequency and word likeness mirror effects in episodic recognition memory

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 826-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Heathcote ◽  
Elizabeth Ditton ◽  
Kristie Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Mirror Effects

Identifying the Basis for the Word Frequency Effect in Recognition Memory

Memory ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Guttentag ◽  
Donna Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Frequency Effect ◽  
Word Frequency Effect

Word Frequency and Short-Term Recognition Memory

1970 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benton J. Underwood ◽  
Joel S. Freund
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Short Term

fMRI evidence of word frequency and strength effects in recognition memory

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greig I. de Zubicaray ◽  
Katie L. McMahon ◽  
Matthew M. Eastburn ◽  
Simon Finnigan ◽  
Michael S. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Frequency

Effects of pair collaboration and word-frequency in recognition memory: A study with the remember-know procedure

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLELIA ROSSI-ARNAUD ◽  
LAURA PIERONI ◽  
PIETRO SPATARO ◽  
VINCENZO CESTARI
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Frequency

scholarly journals Errors in a recognition memory task are a U-shaped function of word frequency

1978 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 371-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene B. Zechmeister ◽  
Carol Curt ◽  
Julie A. Sebastian
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Recognition Memory Task

scholarly journals ROC Modelling Data of the Word Frequency Effect: A Formal Model of Visual Word Recognition

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Manuel Pelegrina del Río ◽  
Agustín Wallace Ruiz ◽  
Maria Concepcion ◽  
Moreno Fernandez ◽  
Alvaro Pelegrina Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Signal Detection ◽  
Word Frequency ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Signal Detection Theory ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Frequency Effect ◽  
False Alarms ◽  
Word Frequency Effect

This article presents a formal statistical model for assessing the word frequency effect in recognition memory. This topic is relevant because word frequency is the best predictor of performance in recognition memory tasks. Signal Detection Theory was applied using high-frequency and low-frequency words as item-signals. Signal Detection Theory test assumes orthogonality of responses: hits, false alarms, correct rejections, and incorrect rejections. Ninety-six adult male and female students participated in two experiments: one conducted in the laboratory and the other in the class-room. The selected words for memory contained 3 to 5 letters and 1 or 2 syllables to control for length. Significant differences were found between high-frequency and low-frequency words in the number of false alarms for the two experiments. The differences were statistically significant in two experiments. The Cohen effect size was 0.6 and 0.45 respectively. The word frequency effect in first- and second-experiments was F (1, 46) = 4.13, MCE. = 2.34, p = 0.003 and F (1, 46) = 3.71, MCE. = 12.36, p = 0. 01 respectively. A formal model is presented based on the Receiver Operating Characteristic data to assess data trends for high- and low frequency words. Two differentiated models were obtained: a continuous model based on high frequency stimuli and a threshold model based on low frequency stimuli.

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