Incidental context information increases recollection.



Ameen-Ali, Kamar E, Norman, Liam J, Eacott, Madeline J and Easton, Alexander
(2017) Incidental context information increases recollection. Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 24 (3). pp. 136-139.

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Abstract

The current study describes a receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) task for human participants based on the spontaneous recognition memory paradigms typically used with rodents. Recollection was significantly higher when an object was in the same location and background as at encoding, a combination used to assess episodic-like memory in animals, but not when only one of these task-irrelevant cues was present. The results show that incidentally encoded cue information can determine the degree of recollection, and opens up the possibility of assessing recollection across species in a single experimental paradigm, allowing better understanding of the cognitive and biological mechanisms at play.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans, ROC Curve, Cues, Mental Recall, Recognition (Psychology), Memory, Episodic
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2019 10:12
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:04
DOI: 10.1101/lm.042622.116
Open Access URL: http://doi.org/10.1101/lm.042622.116
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3032506