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Event-related potentials and recognition memory.

Michael D Rugg1, Tim Curran

  • 1Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. mrugg@uci.edu

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
|May 8, 2007
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Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) support dual-process models of recognition memory, distinguishing between familiarity and recollection. ERP findings provide robust evidence for these distinct memory retrieval processes.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Dual-process models propose distinct familiarity and recollection processes in recognition memory.
  • Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) have identified neural correlates for these processes.
  • The 'parietal' and 'mid-frontal' old/new effects are ERP markers associated with recollection and familiarity, respectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate ERP data in the context of dual-process models of recognition memory.
  • To examine the continuous nature of recollection versus a discrete process.
  • To investigate whether the ERP index of familiarity reflects implicit memory.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) during recognition memory tasks.
  • Examination of existing ERP literature on familiarity and recollection.

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  • Evaluation of variables that selectively modulate familiarity and recollection.

    • Main Results:

    • ERP findings continue to strongly support the dual-process perspective on recognition memory.
    • The parietal and mid-frontal old/new effects demonstrate dissociation consistent with distinct processes.
    • Evidence supports the interpretation of ERP correlates for familiarity and recollection.

    Conclusions:

    • ERP data provide compelling evidence for dual-process models of recognition memory.
    • The findings reinforce the distinction between familiarity and recollection as separate retrieval mechanisms.
    • The study reaffirms the utility of ERPs in understanding memory processes.