scholarly journals Support for a continuous (single-process) model of recognition memory and source memory

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D. Slotnick ◽  
Chad S. Dodson
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Source Memory ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Single Process

No enhanced recognition memory, but better source memory for faces of cheaters

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Buchner ◽  
Raoul Bell ◽  
Bettina Mehl ◽  
Jochen Musch
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Source Memory

The Electrophysiological Signature of Remember–Know Is Confounded with Memory Strength and Cannot Be Interpreted as Evidence for Dual-process Theory of Recognition

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Brezis ◽  
Zohar Z. Bronfman ◽  
Galit Yovel ◽  
Yonatan Goshen-Gottstein
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Dual Process Theory ◽  
Memory Strength ◽  
Positive Component ◽  
Single Process ◽  
Electrophysiological Studies ◽  
Electrophysiological Signal ◽  
Open Question ◽  
With Memory

The quantity and nature of the processes underlying recognition memory remains an open question. A majority of behavioral, neuropsychological, and brain studies have suggested that recognition memory is supported by two dissociable processes: recollection and familiarity. It has been conversely argued, however, that recollection and familiarity map onto a single continuum of mnemonic strength and hence that recognition memory is mediated by a single process. Previous electrophysiological studies found marked dissociations between recollection and familiarity, which have been widely held as corroborating the dual-process account. However, it remains unknown whether a strength interpretation can likewise apply for these findings. Here we describe an ERP study, using a modified remember–know (RK) procedure, which allowed us to control for mnemonic strength. We find that ERPs of high and low mnemonic strength mimicked the electrophysiological distinction between R and K responses, in a lateral positive component (LPC), 500–1000 msec poststimulus onset. Critically, when contrasting strength with RK experience, by comparing weak R to strong K responses, the electrophysiological signal mapped onto strength, not onto subjective RK experience. Invoking the LPC as support for dual-process accounts may, therefore, be amiss.

A multiple-level model of evolution and its implications for sociobiology

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Plotkin ◽  
F. J. Odling-Smee
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Multiple Level ◽  
Individual Animal ◽  
Biological Phenomena ◽  
Single Process ◽  
Multiple Process ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Social Behaviours

AbstractThe fundamental tenet of contemporary sociobiology, namely the assumption of a single process of evolution involving the selection of genes, is critically examined. An alternative multiple-level, multiple-process model of evolution is presented which posits that the primary process that operates via selection upon the genes cannot account for certain kinds of biological phenomena, especially complex, learned, social behaviours. The primary process has evolved subsidiary evolutionary levels and processes that act to bridge the gap between genes and these complex behaviours. The subsidiary levels are development, individual animal learning, and socioculture itself. It is argued that individual learning is pivotal to the derivation and biological analysis of culture. The differences between cultural and noncultural societies are stressed. It is concluded that such a multiple-level model of evolution can form the basis for reconciling opposing sides in the sociobiology debate.

Word length negatively predicts recognition memory performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 1675-1683
Author(s):  
Michael J Cortese ◽  
David Von Nordheim ◽  
Maya M Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Word Length ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
False Alarms ◽  
Memory Representation ◽  
Orthographic Similarity ◽  
Single Process ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Noise Models

We examined how word length affects performance in three recognition memory experiments to resolve discrepant results in the literature for which there are theoretical implications. Shorter and longer words were equated on frequency, orthographic similarity, age of acquisition, and imageability. In Experiments 1 and 2, orthographic length (i.e., the number of letters in a word) was negatively related to hits minus false alarms. In Experiment 3, recognition performance did not differ between one- and two-syllable words that were equated on orthographic length. These results are compatible with single-process item-noise models that represent orthography in terms of features and in which memory representation strength is a product of the probabilities that the individual features have been stored. Longer words are associated with noisier representations than shorter words.

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