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Effects of repetition priming on recognition memory: testing a perceptual fluency-disfluency model
David E Huber1, Tedra F Clark, Tim Curran
1Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA. dhuber@psy.ucsd.edu
Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|November 5, 2008
Summary
Repetition priming influences episodic recognition based on prime duration. Short primes enhance recognition, while long primes impair it, affecting familiarity but not recollection.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Computational Neuroscience
Background:
- Repetition priming effects on memory are well-documented.
- Episodic recognition involves recalling specific past events.
- Existing models of perception and memory provide frameworks for understanding priming.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of immediate repetition priming duration on episodic recognition.
- To test predictions of a dynamic neural network model of perception.
- To determine if priming affects familiarity and recollection independently.
Main Methods:
- Five experiments utilized forced-choice testing for episodic recognition.
- Variable prime durations (short vs. long) were employed.
- A cued-recall task was integrated in some experiments.
Main Results:
- Short prime durations led to a recognition preference for primed items.
- Long prime durations resulted in a recognition preference against primed items.
- Priming effects on recognition were observed primarily when cued recall failed.
Conclusions:
- Priming can modulate familiarity, enhancing or reducing it based on prime duration.
- These effects appear to operate independently of recollection.
- Findings support a dynamic neural network model of perceptual processing and memory.
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