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Associative interference in recognition memory: a dual-process account.

Michael F Verde1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-7710, USA. mverde@psych.umass.edu

Memory & Cognition
|May 20, 2005
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Associative interference impairs memory recall. While recognition is inconsistently affected, interference increases false alarms and familiarity, but decreases recollection, supporting a dual-process memory model.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Associative interference, arising from overlapping word pairs (e.g., A-B, A-D), is known to impair memory recall.
  • Its effects on recognition memory are less consistent, with dual-process theories proposing differential impacts on recollection and familiarity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of associative interference on recognition memory performance.
  • To test the predictions of a dual-process account of memory regarding recollection and familiarity.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted, manipulating materials (sentences vs. random nouns) and test type (associative vs. pair recognition).
  • Participants completed recognition tasks under conditions of associative interference.

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Main Results:

  • Associative interference consistently increased false alarms in recognition tasks.
  • Recognition hits showed variable effects, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing.
  • Remember hits (associated with recollection) decreased, while know hits (associated with familiarity) increased with interference.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the dual-process view of memory, where interference differentially affects recollection and familiarity.
  • Variable recognition performance arises from the competing influences of reduced recollection and increased familiarity under interference conditions.