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Michelle M Arnold1, D Stephen Lindsay

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. arnoldm@uvic.ca

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|May 23, 2002
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Participants sometimes forget recalling information if later retrieval cues differ from initial learning contexts. This laboratory study models the "forgot-it-all-along" effect in memory recall.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • The "forgot-it-all-along" effect describes memory gaps for events, particularly in recovered memory cases.
  • This phenomenon suggests that forgetting can occur even when individuals have previously processed or discussed traumatic events.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a laboratory model of the "forgot-it-all-along" effect.
  • To investigate how differing retrieval cues influence memory recall and the perception of prior recall.

Main Methods:

  • Participants studied homographs with disambiguating context words.
  • Subsequent tests involved varying retrieval cues (studied-context vs. other-context) and recall judgments.
  • Experiments manipulated cue context across initial learning, free recall, and recognition tests.

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Main Results:

  • Participants were more likely to forget having previously recalled an item when retrieval cues differed between tests.
  • This suggests that the context of retrieval significantly impacts memory accessibility and metacognitive judgments.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully developed a laboratory analogue for the "forgot-it-all-along" effect.
  • Memory retrieval is highly context-dependent, influencing both recall accuracy and the awareness of past recall events.