Familiarity, but not recollection, supports the between-subject production effect in recognition memory.

ABSTRACT: Five experiments explored the basis of the between-subjects production effect in recognition memory as represented by differences in the recollection and familiarity of produced (read aloud) and nonproduced (read silently) words. Using remember-know judgments (Experiment 1b) and a dual-process signal-detection approach applied to confidence ratings (Experiments 2b and 3), we observed that production influences familiarity but not recollection when manipulated between-subjects. This is in contrast to within-subject designs, which reveal a clear effect of production on both recollection and familiarity (Experiments 1a and 2a). Our findings resolve contention concerning apparent design effects: Whereas the within-subject production effect is subserved by separable recollective- and familiarit

SUBMITTER: Fawcett JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4886847 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature