Effects of exact and category repetition in true and false recognition memory
- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 27 (4), 665-673
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03211560
Abstract
Two experiments used the distinction between remembering and knowing to investigate the effects of exact and category repetition in recognition memory. In Experiment 1, exact repetition enhanced remember responses but had no reliable effect onknow responses. In Experiment 2, category repetition enhanced correct know responses but had no effect on correct remember responses. Category repetition also increased false positive remember and know responses. It is argued that exact repetition influences the recollection component of recognition memory via the creation of multiple episodic traces, each of which is potentially capable of supporting a remember response, whereas category repetition influences the familiarity component of recognition memory by enhancing the fluency with which test items are processed.Keywords
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