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The role of context in producing item interaction and false memories
Tehan, Gerald Humphreys, Michael S. Tolan, Georgina Anne Pitcher, Cameron
Tehan, Gerald
Humphreys, Michael S.
Tolan, Georgina Anne
Pitcher, Cameron
Abstract
Cued recall with an extralist cue poses a challenge for contemporary memory theory in that there is a need to explain how episodic and semantic information are combined. A parallel activation and intersection approach proposes one such means by assuming that an experimental cue will elicit its preexisting semantic network and a context cue will elicit a list memory. These 2 sources of information are then combined by focusing on information that is common to the 2 sources. Two key predictions of that approach are examined: (a) Combining semantic and episodic information can lead to item interactions and false memories, and (b) these effects are limited to memory tasks that involve an episodic context cue. Five experiments demonstrate such item interactions and false memories in cued recall but not in free association. Links are drawn between the use of context in this setting and in other settings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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2004
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Journal article
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Journal of Experimental Psychology : Learning, Memory and Cognition
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30
Issue
1
Page Range
107-119
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Published as green open access
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