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Output Interference And Strength Based Mirror Effect In Recognition Memory, Asli Kilic
Output Interference And Strength Based Mirror Effect In Recognition Memory, Asli Kilic
Psychology - Dissertations
The strength based mirror effect (SBME) refers to higher hit rates and lower false alarm rates for strongly encoded items. The SBME has been explained by two alternative mechanisms: differentiation and criterion shift. The differentiation account posits that as the memory traces are strengthened, the memory for the items is less noisy and therefore are less confusable with the stored memory traces. The criterion shift account, on the other hand, suggests that the tendency to endorse a test item differs between strong and weak test lists. When participants receive a test after studying a strong list of items, they require …