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Cross-Modal Multivariate Pattern Analysis
Published on: November 9, 2011
Memory for multidimensional source information
Thorsten Meiser1, Arndt Bröder
1School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. thorsten.meiser@uni-jena.de
Abstract:
Source memory may comprise recollection of multiple features of the encoding episode. To analyze the simultaneous representation and retrieval of those multiple features, a multinomial memory model is presented that measures memory for crossed dimensions of source information. The first experiment investigated the validity of the new model. The model showed an excellent statistical fit to empirical data, and the parameters of multidimensional source memory were sensitive to manipulations of source similarity on distinct dimensions. The second experiment used the model to test the hypothesis that source memory for individual context attributes is stochastically related in the case of conscious recollection but independent in the case of familiarity-based recognition judgments. The prediction was supported by the introduction of a "remember"-"know" distinction in a multidimensional source memory test.
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