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    • Neuroscience
    • Memory Research

    Background:

    • Serial position functions, characterized by primacy and recency effects, are commonly observed in memory recall tasks.
    • The origin of these effects in semantic memory tasks, particularly whether they rely on episodic memory, remains debated.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate whether serial position functions in semantic memory tasks are driven by episodic memory.
    • To test predictions derived from both multiple memory systems theory and a general memory principle (relative distinctiveness).

    Main Methods:

    • Participants performed "remember-know" judgments while reconstructing the release order of well-known stimuli (Harry Potter books and movies).
    • Serial position functions for "remember" and "know" responses were analyzed for both types of stimuli.

    Main Results:

    • "Remember" and "know" serial position functions were indistinguishable across both books and movies.
    • All functions exhibited a U-shape, with significant primacy and recency effects for both "remember" and "know" responses.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings contradict the multiple memory systems view, which predicts recency effects only for "remember" responses.
    • The results support the relative distinctiveness principle, suggesting a unified processing mechanism underlies both episodic and semantic memory recall.