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Conceptual fluency selectively influences knowing.

S Rajaram1, L Geraci

  • 1Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-2500, USA. srajaram@psych1.psy.sunysb.edu

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|August 18, 2000
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Know judgments, a measure of recollective experience, are selectively influenced by processing fluency. This study demonstrates how conceptual manipulations can impact familiarity, affecting Know responses but not Remember responses in recognition tests.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience of Memory

Background:

  • Remember and Know judgments are established metrics for assessing recollective experience.
  • Understanding the factors influencing these judgments is crucial for memory research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether processing fluency, induced by conceptual priming, selectively affects Know judgments.
  • To differentiate the impact of processing fluency on Remember versus Know responses.

Main Methods:

  • A recognition test was employed using studied and nonstudied words.
  • Participants were presented with semantic primes (related or unrelated) preceding target words.
  • Responses were categorized as Remember or Know judgments.

Main Results:

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  • Know judgments were significantly higher for words preceded by related primes compared to unrelated primes.
  • Remember responses remained unaffected by the prime type.
  • This suggests a selective influence of processing fluency on familiarity-based judgments.

Conclusions:

  • Processing fluency, enhanced by conceptual priming, selectively impacts familiarity, as measured by Know responses.
  • This finding supports the role of fluency in generating feelings of familiarity in memory.
  • The study highlights the distinct mechanisms underlying Remember and Know judgments.