Target similarity effects: Support for the parallel distributed processing assumptions


Autoria(s): Humphreys, M. S.; Tehan, G.; OShea, A.; Bolland, S. W.
Contribuinte(s)

Morton Ann Gernsbacher

Data(s)

01/01/2000

Resumo

Recent research has begun to provide support for the assumptions that memories are stored as a composite and are accessed in parallel (Tehan & Humphreys, 1998). New predictions derived from these assumptions and from the Chappell and Humphreys (1994) implementation of these assumptions were tested. In three experiments, subjects studied relatively short lists of words. Some of the Lists contained two similar targets (thief and theft) or two dissimilar targets (thief and steal) associated with the same cue (ROBBERY). AS predicted, target similarity affected performance in cued recall but not free association. Contrary to predictions, two spaced presentations of a target did not improve performance in free association. Two additional experiments confirmed and extended this finding. Several alternative explanations for the target similarity effect, which incorporate assumptions about separate representations and sequential search, are rejected. The importance of the finding that, in at least one implicit memory paradigm, repetition does not improve performance is also discussed.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:36673

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

The Psychonomic Society Inc

Palavras-Chave #Psychology, Experimental #Proactive-interference #Explicit Memory #Episodic Memory #Implicit #Recall #Recognition #Repetition #Tests #Fragment #Access #C1 #380102 Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language #780108 Behavioural and cognitive sciences
Tipo

Journal Article